barnacle
A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged…A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
» They scraped barnacles off the hull of the ship.
Sie kratzten die Rankenfüßer vom Schiffsrumpf.
Они счистили ракушки с корпуса судна.
Meaning
9 sensesA marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
Rankenfüßer, Rankenfußkrebs, Seepocke
усоно́гий ракusonógij rak, морско́й жёлудьmorskój žóludʹ, баля́нусbaljánus
The barnacle goose.
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- marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
- European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
Examples
4 sentencesThey scraped barnacles off the hull of the ship.
ruОни счистили ракушки с корпуса судна.
deSie kratzten die Rankenfüßer vom Schiffsrumpf.
Tom scraped the barnacles off the hull of the ship.
deTom kratzte die Seepocken vom Schiffsrumpf.
Gooseneck barnacles sweep the water with their feathery legs to catch plankton.
The barnacle is a marine organism that attaches itself to solid objects.
Translations
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Origin
Uncertain, with long-debated origin. From Middle English barnakille, from earlier bernake,Uncertain, with long-debated origin. From Middle English barnakille, from earlier bernake, bernekke, most likely from Old Northern French bernaque (“barnacle”) (compare French barnache), probably from Medieval Latin barneca (“limpet”), probably from Gaulish (compare Welsh brennig, Irish bairneach), from Proto-Celtic *barannīkos, from *barinā (“rock, rocky ground”) (compare Old Irish barenn (“boulder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“hill, mountain”) + Proto-Celtic *-ākos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos; for sense development, compare Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “rock”) which gave λεπάς (lepás, “limpet”).
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Forms
plural: barnaclesSynonyms
7 synonyms- marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces:cirripedcirripede
- European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north:barnacle gooseBranta leucopsis