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Noun: acorn barnacle
  1. Barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
    - rock barnacle, Balanus balanoides

Derived forms: acorn barnacles

Type of: barnacle, cirriped, cirripede

Part of: Balanus, genus Balanus

Encyclopedia: Acorn barnacle