Synonyms:
barnacle_goose, barnacle, Branta_leucopsis
Meaning: European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
Synonyms:
barnacle, cirriped, cirripede
Meaning: marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
Usage examples
His fears were based upon the fact that I had published in the Rivermouth Barnacle some verses addressed in a familiar manner "To the Moon." Now, the idea of a boy, with his living to get, placing himself in communication with the Moon, struck the mercantile mind as monstrous.