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bar·na·cle
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acorn barnacle
any of various barnacles, such as Balanus balanoides, that live attached to rocks and have a volcano-shaped shell from the top of which protrude feathery food-catching appendages (cirri) -
barnacle goose
a N European goose, Branta leucopsis, that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings -
goose barnacle
any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone. -
rock barnacle
any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone. -
branks
(formerly) an iron bridle used to restrain scolding women -
sedentary
characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.