barnacle¹ /bärˈnə-kl/

1. A barnacle-goose
2. A cirripede crustacean that adheres to rocks and ship bottoms
3. A companion not easily shaken off

barˈnacle-goose or berˈnicle-goose noun

A wild black-and-white goose of N Europe (Branta leucopsis), once believed to develop from a barnacle (the gooseˈ-barˈnacle) that attaches itself, esp to floating wood, by a thick stalk

barnacle² /bärˈnə-kl/

1. An instrument put on a restless horse's nose to keep him quiet
2. (in pl) spectacles (obs inf)

barˈnacled adjective

• extemporize
• extemporized
• extemporizes
• extemporizing
• extend
• extendabilities
• extendability
• extendable
• extendant
• extended
• extended credit
• extended credits
• extended families
• extended family
• extendedly
• extended memory
• extended-play
• extender
• extenders
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• extending
• extends
• extense