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Barnacle — Bar na*cle, 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Barnacle eater — Barnacle Bar na*cle, 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Barnacle scale — Barnacle Bar na*cle, 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ceroplastes cirripediformis — Barnacle Bar na*cle, 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
barnacle — barnacle1 barnacled, adj. /bahr neuh keuhl/, n. 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… … Universalium
barnache — bernache [ bɛrnaʃ ] ou bernacle [ bɛrnakl ] n. f. • 1600, 1671; p. ê. irland. bairnech 1 ♦ Oiseau d eau grégaire (ansériformes), oie sauvage du nord de l Amérique, migrant au sud des États Unis. 2 ♦ (1768, 1751) ⇒ anatife. On dit aussi BARNACHE… … Encyclopédie Universelle
bernache — [ bɛrnaʃ ] ou bernacle [ bɛrnakl ] n. f. • 1600, 1671; p. ê. irland. bairnech 1 ♦ Oiseau d eau grégaire (ansériformes), oie sauvage du nord de l Amérique, migrant au sud des États Unis. 2 ♦ (1768, 1751) ⇒ anatife. On dit aussi BARNACHE (1762) ,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
bernacle — bernache [ bɛrnaʃ ] ou bernacle [ bɛrnakl ] n. f. • 1600, 1671; p. ê. irland. bairnech 1 ♦ Oiseau d eau grégaire (ansériformes), oie sauvage du nord de l Amérique, migrant au sud des États Unis. 2 ♦ (1768, 1751) ⇒ anatife. On dit aussi BARNACHE… … Encyclopédie Universelle
