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Word: barnacle
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Noun:
- A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
- archaic|British A nickname for spectacles.
- computers|slang On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
- engineering|slang In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
- slang|obsolete A good job, or snack easily obtained.
- obsolete An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
- The barnacle goose.
Source: Wiktionary
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