BALANUS BALANOIDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Balanus balanoides mean? 

• BALANUS BALANOIDES (noun)
  The noun BALANUS BALANOIDES has 1 sense:

1. barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones

  Familiarity information: BALANUS BALANOIDES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALANUS BALANOIDES (noun)

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Meaning:

Barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

acorn barnacle; Balanus balanoides; rock barnacle

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)