meaning of barnacle
1. Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc. , esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
2. A bernicle goose.
3. An instrument for pinching a horses nose, and thus restraining him.
4. Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.
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