acorn barnacle

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English[edit]

acorn barnacles (Balanus)

Etymology[edit]

From its shape.

Noun[edit]

acorn barnacle (plural acorn barnacles)

  1. Any of several species of stalkless barnacles in the genus Balanus.
  2. Any barnacle in the order Sessilia.

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