Barnacle Synonyms & Definitions

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• BarnacleDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) An instrument for pinching a horses nose, and thus restraining him.
2. (n.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
3. (n.) A bernicle goose.
4. (sing.) Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.