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The Clue

Nautical hanger-on (8 letter answer)

The Answer

BARNACLE

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Notes

The answer BARNACLE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

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Definition

BARNACLE as a noun:

1. (barnacle, cerriped, cerripede) = marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
2. (barnacle goose, barnacle, Branta leucopsis) = European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north