barnacle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages;
free-swimming as larvae;
as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
• Syn:
cirriped, cirripede
• Hypernyms:
crustacean
• Hyponyms:
acorn barnacle, rock barnacle, Balanus balanoides, goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis
• Member Holonyms:
Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia
2. European goose smaller than the brant;
breeds in the far north
• Syn:
barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis
• Hypernyms:
goose
• Member Holonyms:
Branta, genus Branta

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis, cirriped, cirripede