NOUN | animal | barnacle, cirriped, cirripede | marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages |
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animal | barnacle, barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis | European goose smaller than the brant |
Sounds | baa'rnahkahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces. | |
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Synonyms | cirriped, cirripede | |
Member of | Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia | barnacles |
Narrower | acorn barnacle, rock barnacle, Balanus balanoides | barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones |
goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis | stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers / timbers | |
Broader | crustacean | Any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton |
Spanish | percebe | |
Catalan | percebe |
Meaning | European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north. | |
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Synonyms | barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis | |
Member of | Branta, genus Branta | wild geese |
Broader | goose | web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger / larger and less aquatic than ducks |
Spanish | barnacla cariblanca, barnacla | |
Catalan | Branta leucopsis, oca de galta blanca, oca de ventre blanc |
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