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BALANUS BALANOIDES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
Synonyms:
acorn barnacle; Balanus balanoides; rock barnacle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Balanus balanoides" 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 ("Balanus balanoides" is a member of...):
Balanus; genus Balanus (type genus of the family Balanidae)
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