Definition of 'barnacle'

Noun

1. marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
      Synonyms: cerriped cerripede
2. European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
      Synonyms: barnacle goose Branta leucopsis

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