barnacle 
1. marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces • Syn: cirriped, cirripede • Hypernyms: crustacean • Hyponyms: acorn barnacle, rock barnacle, Balanus balanoides, goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis • Member Holonyms: Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia 2. European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north • Syn: barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis • Hypernyms: goose • Member Holonyms: Branta, genus Branta
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