HyperDic: balanus_balanoides

English > 1 sense of the expression Balanus balanoides:
NOUNanimalBalanus balanoides, acorn barnacle, rock barnaclebarnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
English > Balanus balanoides: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningbarnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones.
Synonymsacorn barnacle, rock barnacle
Member ofBalanus, genus Balanustype genus of the family Balanidae
Broaderbarnacle, cirriped, cirripedemarine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages

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