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/ˈbärnəkəl/,
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barnacles, plural;
  1. A marine crustacean with an external shell, which attaches itself permanently to a variety of surfaces. Barnacles feed by filtering particles from the water using their modified feathery legs

  2. Used figuratively to describe a tenacious person or thing
    • - buses careered along with men hanging from their doors like barnacles
  1. (barnacle) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
  2. barnacle goose: European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
  3. A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. ...
  4. (Barnacle (comics)) Barnacle (Mortimer Everett) is a fictional mutant from Marvel Comics who first appeared in X-Men: Magneto War #1.
  5. (Barnacle (half-life)) Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game series which consists of two full games, two episodic games, and three third-party made expansions, as well as a number of demos featuring exclusive content. The series has been ongoing since 1998. ...
  6. (Barnacle (slang)) The word barnacle is a slang term used in electrical engineering to indicate a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design. ...
  7. (barnacle) TFD: Any of various marine crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia that in the adult stage form a hard shell and remain attached to submerged surfaces, such as rocks and ships' bottoms.
  8. (BARNACLE)   The compass housing on a boat.   ex: “Where did you put the barnacle cover?”Â
  9. (BARNACLE) A shell-fish often found on a vessel's bottom.
  10. (Barnacle) A crustacean that forms calcareous (containing calcium or limestone) shells. Barnacles attach themselves to submerged surfaces—both natural such as rocks, whales and large fish, and man-made such as ships, wharves, and pilings. ...
  11. (Barnacle) A small marine growth which attaches vessel's hull and will reduce its speed.
  12. (Barnacle) According to Hubbard's A History of Man, clams reproduced by spores. These spores grew into barnacle-like baby clams, which would sometimes explode due to inner gas buildup. Auditing out barnacle engrams is supposed to prevent toothache and tooth decay. Don't give up regular brushing. ...
  13. (Barnacle) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose for the purpose of restraining him.
  14. (Barnacle) Any of several species of small sea animals related to crabs with a cone-shaped shell. The larvae cement themselves permanently to rocks, wharves, or the bottom of ships to grow to adulthood.
  15. (Barnacle) The only marine species whose successful accumulation in large numbers on a deep-sea fishing boat can be accepted on the basis of an unverified oral report.
  16. (Barnacle) a person who sticks to one job a year or more
  17. (barnacle (n)) A small marine organism (crustacean) that cements itself to rocks, wharves, ship hulls and even other animals (like whales)
  18. (barnacle) to slip into your mouth along with its briny juices. Though some prefer to just gulp down ...
  19. Barnacle is a Grizzly bear that lives on an island in the middle of Lake Orangatanga. He is a former scuba diver.
  20. An order of the Subphylum Crustacea, Phylum Arthropoda that attach to the substrate, secrete a protective covering of calcareous plates and shells, and strain food particles from the water with a web-like structure.*
  21. An instrument used by Farriers, depicted either extended or closed, they are also termed Horse-Barnacles.
  22. Something that didn't go right, something that's backwards, something that did not go as planed.