John Paul Plauche’, Barnacles
bar⋅na⋅cle
1 [bahr-nuh-kuh
l] 
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| 1. | any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, esp. in the intertidal zone. |
Origin:
1580–85; perh. a conflation of barnacle barnacle goose with Cornishbrennyk, Ir báirneach limpet, Welsh brenig limpets, reflecting the folk belief that such geese, whose breeding grounds were unknown, were engendered from rotten ships' planking
1580–85; perh. a conflation of barnacle barnacle goose with Cornishbrennyk, Ir báirneach limpet, Welsh brenig limpets, reflecting the folk belief that such geese, whose breeding grounds were unknown, were engendered from rotten ships' planking
Related forms:
bar⋅na⋅cled, adjective
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