All barnacle synonyms
bar·na·cle
B b noun barnacle
- crustacean — A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps are crustaceans.
- bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.
- appendage — An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
- freeloader — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- hanger-on — a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
- leech — Margaret, 1893–1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer.
- parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.