The meaning of Barnacles
Barnacles – definition
nounA marine crustacean with an external shell, which attaches itself permanently to a surface and feeds by filtering particles from the water using its modified feathery legs.
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Many species, including lobsters, crayfish, barnacles, and crabs are important to human economies, …
nounA small sea creature with a shell that fastens itself tightly and in large numbers to rocks and the bottoms of boats
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Word origin
late 16th century: from medieval Latin bernaca, of unknown origin. In Middle English the term denoted the barnacle goose, whose breeding grounds were long unknown and which was believed to ha
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