Barnacle
/ˈbɑːnəkl̩/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:16 pts8 letters
Definition of Barnacle
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- 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.
- In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
- 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.
- A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
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