barnacle : Idioms & Phrases

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acorn barnacle

  • noun barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
    acorn barnacle; Balanus balanoides.
WordNet

Barnacle eater

  • (Zoöl.), the orange filefish.
Webster 1913

barnacle goose

  • noun European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
    barnacle; Branta leucopsis.
WordNet

Barnacle scale

  • (Zoöl.), a bark louse (Ceroplastes cirripediformis) of the orange and quince trees in Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile barnacle in form.
Webster 1913

Duck barnacle

  • . (Zoöl.) See Goose barnacle.
Webster 1913

Goose barnacle

  • noun stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers
    Lepas fascicularis; goose barnacle.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), any pedunculated barnacle of the genus Anatifa or Lepas; called also duck barnacle. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.
Webster 1913

gooseneck barnacle

  • noun stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers
    Lepas fascicularis; goose barnacle.
WordNet

Rock barnacle

  • noun barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
    acorn barnacle; Balanus balanoides.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides) very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
Webster 1913

Root barnacle

  • (Zoöl.), one of the Rhizocephala.
Webster 1913

Stalked barnacle

  • (Zoöl.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer; called also stalk barnacle.
Webster 1913