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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Barnacle has 2 senses
- barnacle(n = noun.animal) cirriped, cirripede - marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces; is a kind of crustacean
- barnacle(n = noun.animal) barnacle goose, branta leucopsis - European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north; is a kind of goose
is a member of cirripedia, subclass cirripedia
has particulars: acorn barnacle, balanus balanoides, rock barnacle, goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, lepas fascicularis
is a member of branta, genus branta
CIDE DICTIONARY
Barnacle, n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe`rna ham. Cf. F. bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach, barneach, limpet.].
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle. [1913 Webster]
Barnacle, n. [See Bernicle.].
A bernicle goose. [1913 Webster]
Barnacle, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac, and Prov. F. (Berri) berniques, spectacles.].
- An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him."[Formerly used in the
sing. ]" [1913 Webster]"The barnacles . . . give pain almost equal to that of the switch." [1913 Webster] - Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Barnacle, n.
1 any of various species of small marine crustaceans of the class Cirripedia which in adult form cling to rocks, ships' bottoms, etc.
2 a tenacious attendant or follower who cannot easily be shaken off.
1 any of various species of small marine crustaceans of the class Cirripedia which in adult form cling to rocks, ships' bottoms, etc.
2 a tenacious attendant or follower who cannot easily be shaken off.
Idiom
barnacle goose an Arctic goose, Branta leucopsis, which visits Britain in winter.
Derivative
barnacled adj.
Etymology
ME bernak (= med.L bernaca), of unkn. orig.