Reference meaning
barnacle
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marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
Related source terms
cirripedcirripede
Other meanings
2. noun
European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
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