| 单词 | barnacle |
| 释义 | barnacle1[ bahr-nuh-kuhl ] / ˈbɑr nə kəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR barnacle ON THESAURUS.COM nounany 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, especially in the intertidal zone. a person or thing that clings tenaciously. Origin of barnacle1First recorded in 1580–85; perhaps a conflation of barnacle “barnacle goose” with Cornish brennyk, Irish báirneach “limpet,” Welsh brenig “limpets,” reflecting the folk belief that such geese, whose breeding grounds were unknown, were engendered from rotten ships' planking; see barnacle goose OTHER WORDS FROM barnaclebar·na·cled, adjectiveWords nearby barnaclebar mitzvah, barmy, barn, Barnabas, Barnaby, barnacle, barnacle goose, Barnard, Barnardo, Barnard's star, Barnaul Definition for barnacle (2 of 2)barnacle2 [ bahr-nuh-kuhl ] / ˈbɑr nə kəl / nounUsually barnacles. an instrument with two hinged branches for pinching the nose of an unruly horse. barnacles, British Dialect. spectacles (def. 3). Origin of barnacle21350–1400; Middle English bernacle bit, diminutive of bernac<Old French < ? Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for barnacleBritish Dictionary definitions for barnaclebarnacle / (ˈbɑːnəkəl) / nounany 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 shellSee acorn barnacle, goose barnacle a person or thing that is difficult to get rid of Derived forms of barnaclebarnacled, adjectiveWord Origin for barnacleC16: related to Late Latin bernicla, of obscure origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for barnaclebarnacle [ bär′nə-kəl ] Any of various small marine crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia that form a hard shell in the adult stage and attach themselves to underwater surfaces, such as rocks, the bottoms of ships, and the skin of whales. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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