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    BALANUS BALANOIDES

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zonesplay

    Synonyms:

    acorn barnacle; Balanus balanoides; rock barnacle

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    Nouns denoting animals

    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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