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barnacle 音标拼音: [b'ɑrnəkəl] n. 一种北极鹅,藤壶 一种北极鹅,藤壶 barnacle n 1: marine crustaceans with feathery food- catching appendages; free- swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces [ synonym: { barnacle}, { cirriped}, { cirripede}] 2: European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north [ synonym: { barnacle goose}, { barnacle}, { Branta leucopsis}] Barnacle \ Bar" na* cle\, n. [ See { Bernicle}.] A bernicle goose. [ 1913 Webster]
Barnacle \ Bar" na* cle\, n. [ OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac, and Prov. F. ( Berri) berniques, spectacles.] 1. pl. ( Far.) An instrument for pinching a horse' s nose, and thus restraining him. Note: [ Formerly used in the sing.] [ 1913 Webster] The barnacles . . . give pain almost equal to that of the switch. -- Youatt. [ 1913 Webster] 2. pl. Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers. [ Cant, Eng.] -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster]
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. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach, barneach, limpet.] ( Zool.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. ( a) the sessile species ( genus { Balanus} and allies), and ( b) the stalked or goose barnacles ( genus { Lepas} and allies). See { Cirripedia}, and { Goose barnacle}. [ 1913 Webster] { Barnacle eater} ( Zool.), the orange filefish. { Barnacle scale} ( Zool.), a bark louse ({ Ceroplastes cirripediformis}) of the orange and quince trees in Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile barnacle in form. [ 1913 Webster]
Bernicle \ Ber" ni* cle\, n. [ OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac; prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr. Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st { Barnacle}.] A bernicle goose. [ Written also { barnacle}.] [ 1913 Webster] { Bernicle goose} ( Zool.), a goose ({ Branta leucopsis}), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea ({ Lepas}), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See { Anatifa} and { Cirripedia}. [ 1913 Webster] 34 Moby Thesaurus words for " barnacle": adherent, adhesive, beat, bloodsucker, bramble, brier, bulldog, burr, cement, deadbeat, decal, decalcomania, freeloader, glue, gunk, hanger- on, leech, limpet, lounge lizard, molasses, mucilage, parasite, paste, plaster, prickle, remora, smell- feast, spiv, sponge, sponger, sticker, sucker, syrup, thorn
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