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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.
- The barnacle goose.
- (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.
- (context, archaic, UK) A nickname for spectacles.
- (context, slang, obsolete) A good job, or snack easily obtained.
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| berry |
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noun (berr, ies)
- A small fruit, of any one of many varieties.
- A soft fruit which develops from a superior ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
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| black widow |
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noun
- A species of venomous spider. The bite is painful to humans and occasionally fatal. The females are marked by a red hourglass shape on the abdomen.
- A Marriage, married woman that has murdered one or more of their husbands. w:Black Widow (woman), Black Widow
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| brain coral |
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noun
- any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain.
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| brine shrimp |
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noun (brine shrimp)
- An aquatic crustacean of the taxonomic order Artemia, one species of which is often marketed under the name Sea-Monkey as a novelty gift.
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| brown recluse spider |
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noun
- a venomous American spider, Loxosceles reclusa, that has a mark on its back in the shape of a violin (some say an hourglass)
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| bryozoa |
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noun
- (plural of, bryozoan)
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| bryozoan |
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noun (plural bryozoans)
- (zoology) A bryozoon.
- (zoology) A member of a bryozoan colony.
adjective
- (zoology) Pertaining to bryozoa.
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