barnacle
noun
1. marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
Similar word(s): cirriped, cirripede
Definition categories: animal, crustacean
2. European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
verb
1. To connect with or attach.
2. To press close against something.