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English noun: barnacle | |||
| 1. | barnacle (animal) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces | ||
| Synonyms | cirriped, cirripede | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crustacean | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acorn barnacle, Balanus balanoides, goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis, rock barnacle | ||
| Member meronym | Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia | ||
| 2. | barnacle (animal) European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north | ||
| Synonyms | barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | goose | ||
| Member meronym | Branta, genus Branta | ||
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