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English Dictionary: barnacle	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for barnacle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barnacle n marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces Synonym(s): barnacle, cirriped, cirripede European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north Synonym(s): barnacle goose, barnacle, Branta leucopsis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barnacle \Bar"nacle\, 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. [?] ham Cf. F. bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach, barneach, limpet.] (Zo[94]l.) 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}. {Barnacle eater} (Zo[94]l.), the orange filefish. {Barnacle scale} (Zo[94]l.), a bark louse ({Ceroplastes cirripediformis}) of the orange and quince trees in Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile barnacle in form.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [See {Bernicle}.] A bernicle goose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac, and Prov. F. (Berri) berniques, spectacles.] 1. pl. (Far.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him. Note: [Formerly used in the sing.] The barnacles . . . give pain almost equal to that of the switch. --Youatt. 2. pl. Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers. [Cant, Eng.] --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bernicle \Ber"ni*cle\, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac; prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr. Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st {Barnacle}.] A bernicle goose. [Written also {barnacle}.] {Bernicle goose} (Zo[94]l.), a goose ({Branta leucopsis}), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea ({Lepas}), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See {Anatifa} and {Cirripedia}.