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ROCK BARNACLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rock barnacle mean?
• ROCK BARNACLE (noun)
The noun ROCK BARNACLE has 1 sense:
1. barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
Familiarity information: ROCK BARNACLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
acorn barnacle; Balanus balanoides; rock barnacle
Hypernyms ("rock barnacle" is a kind of...):
barnacle; cirriped; cirripede (marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces)
Holonyms ("rock barnacle" is a member of...):
Balanus; genus Balanus (type genus of the family Balanidae)
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