Canadian English Meaning of barnacle
barnacle
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Definitions and Meaning of barnacle in English
barnacle (n)
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
barnacle (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 Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
A bernicle goose.
An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him.
barnacle (sing.)
Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.
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barnacle
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces, Europea
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barnaby's thistle => Barnaby's thistle, barnabite => barnabite, barnaba chiaramonti => Barnaba Chiaramonti, barn swallow => Barn swallow, barn spider => Barn spider,
