For those triggers that cannot be avoided, you can try to compensate with extra care in other ways. For example, when your child has a cold, you can try to ensure he gets lots of sleep and nutritious foods. Some triggers may become more of an issue as your child gets older.
barnacle. n. 1. (Animals) any of various marine crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia that, as adults, live attached to rocks, ship bottoms, etc. They have feathery food-catching cirri protruding from a hard shell. See acorn barnacle, goose barnacle.
barnacle-head. Somebody who is so slow, dense and vacuous that they are easily compared to the stationary parasitic marine organism (used in Spongebob Squarepants).Josie is such a barnacle-head, she got an 800 on the SAT's.. Random Word.omebody who is so slow, dense and vacuous that they are easily compared to the stationary parasitic marine organism (used in Spongebob Squarepants).