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   Barnacle
   Barnacles are crustaceans often attaching themselves to ships.
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   barnacle
   [n] - marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages
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   Barnacle
   Bar'na·cle noun [ Prob. from English barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perhaps from Late Latin bernacula for pernacula , dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; confer Greek pe`rna ham. Confer French bernacle , barnacle , English barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach , barneach , ...
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   Barnacle
   Bar'na·cle noun [ See Bernicle .] A bernicle goose.
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   Barnacle
   Bar'na·cle noun [ Middle English bernak , bernacle ; confer Old French bernac , and Prov. F. (Berri) berniques , spectacles.] 1. plural (Far.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him. [ Formerly used in the sing. ] « The barnacles . . . give pain almost equal to that of the switch.&# ...
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   barnacle
   1. <zoology> Any cirriped marine crustacean free swimming in the larval state, but permanently fixed as adults, adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc. ... There are some 800 described species, grouped in several genera, including lepas, balanus, scalpellum, and the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). ... 2. <zoology ...
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   barnacle
   cerripede noun marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
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   Barnacle
   A `barnacle` is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass `Cirripedia` in the subphylum Crustacea and is hence distantly related to crabs and lobsters. Some authorities regard Cirripedia as a full class or subclass, and the orders listed at right are sometimes treated as superorders. Around 1,220 barnacle species are currently known. The name `Cirripedia` is Latin, meaning `curl-footed`. Barnacles were first fully studied and classified by Cha...
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   Barnacle
   • (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse`s nose, and thus restraining him. • (n.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle. • (n.) A bernicle goo...
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    barnacle
    any of a majority of the 1,000 species of marine crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia. Adults of cirripedes other than barnacles are internal ... [12 related articles]
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    barnacle
    Acorn barnacles (Balanus sp.) Photo by Sherry Ballard, California Academy of Sciences A marine crustacean in the subclass Cirripedia. When adult, barnacles attach themselves to rocks, boats, and certain whales. The barnacle that fixes itself to ships is the goose barnacle, which has a long mus...
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    barnacle
    barnacle, common name of the sedentary crustacean animals constituting the subclass Cirripedia. Barnacles are exclusively marine and are quite unlike any other crustacean because of the permanently attached, or sessile, mode of existence for which they are highly modified. Typical barnacles attach t...
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