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• BARNACLE (noun) The noun BARNACLE has 2 senses: 1. marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces 2. European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north Familiarity information: BARNACLE used as a noun is rare.
