acorn barnacle
1acorn barnacle — any of a genus (Balanus) of stalkless barnacles that resemble acorns * * * …
2acorn barnacle — any of a genus (Balanus) of stalkless barnacles that resemble acorns …
3acorn-barnacle — aˈcorn shell or aˈcorn barnacle noun A sedentary crustacean of the genus Balanus • • • Main Entry: ↑acorn …
4acorn barnacle — noun barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones • Syn: ↑rock barnacle, ↑Balanus balanoides • Hypernyms: ↑barnacle, ↑cirriped, ↑cirripede • Member Holonyms: ↑Balanus …
5acorn barnacle — noun a stalkless barnacle which attaches itself in large numbers to rocks, ships, and marine animals. [Genus Balanus.] …
6acorn barnacle. — See under barnacle1 (def. 1). * * * …
7acorn barnacle. — See under barnacle1 (def. 1) …
8barnacle — barnacle1 barnacled, adj. /bahr neuh keuhl/, n. 1. any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless… …
9acorn shell — noun see acorn barnacle * * * acorn shell, British. a rock barnacle …
10acorn — n. the fruit of the oak, with a smooth nut in a rough cuplike base. Phrases and idioms: acorn barnacle a multivalve marine cirriped, Balanus balanoides, living on rocks. acorn worm any marine wormlike animal of the phylum Hemichordata, having a… …