Look up: BARNACLE

1. Barnacle
   Barnacle is old slang for a civil servant or council official who sticks to their office, but does little or no work.
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2. barnacle
   [n] - marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages
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3. 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 ...
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4. Barnacle
   Bar'na·cle noun [ See Bernicle .] A bernicle goose.
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5. 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 restra...
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6. 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 ba...
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7. 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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8. 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 Cirriped...
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9. 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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10. Barnacle
    Barnacle is old slang for a civil servant or council official who sticks to their office, but does little or no work.
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11. 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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12. Barnacle
    Barnacle is the popular name of a family (Lepadidae) of marine crustaceous animals, order Cirripedia. They are enveloped by a mantle and shell, composed of five principal valves and several smaller pieces, joined together by a membrane attached to their circumference; and they are furnished with a l...
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13. barnacle
    Marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia. The larval form is free-swimming, but when mature, it fixes itself by the head to rock or floating wood. The animal then remains attached, enclosed in a shell through which the cirri (modified legs) protrude to sweep food into the mouth. Barnacles include the stalked goose barnacle Lepas an...
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14. Barnacle
    A `barnacle` is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass `Cirripedia` in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. They are sessile (non-motile) suspension fee...
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15. Barnacle
    (comics) `Barnacle` (`Mortimer Everett`) is a fictional mutant from Marvel Comics who first appeared in X-Men: Magneto War #1. Fictional character biography: Barnacle is one of the newer Acolytes that debuted during the Magneto War. He was killed in action during the Sentinel attack on...
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16. Barnacle
    (disambiguation) A `barnacle` is an arthropod belonging to the infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea. `Barnacle` may also refer to: Biology and medicine : Technology : Entertainment : Surname : Other uses :
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