Barnacle (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Cirriped
• Cirripede

Hyponyms

• Gooseneck Barnacle
• Balanus Balanoides
• Lepas Fascicularis
• Rock Barnacle

Meaning ²

European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Branta Leucopsis
• Barnacle Goose

Hypernyms

• Goose