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21barnacle — [12] The term barnacle was originally applied to a type of goose, Branta leucopsis, which according to medieval legend grew on trees or on logs of wood. Various fanciful versions of its reproductive cycle existed, among them that it emerged from… …
22barnacle — I. /ˈbanəkəl / (say bahnuhkuhl) noun 1. any of certain crustaceans of the group Cirripedia, as the goose barnacles, stalked species which cling to ship bottoms and floating timber, and the rock barnacles, species which attach themselves to marine …
23barnacle — [12] The term barnacle was originally applied to a type of goose, Branta leucopsis, which according to medieval legend grew on trees or on logs of wood. Various fanciful versions of its reproductive cycle existed, among them that it emerged from… …
24barnacle — n. 1 any of various species of small marine crustaceans of the class Cirripedia which in adult form cling to rocks, ships bottoms, etc. 2 a tenacious attendant or follower who cannot easily be shaken off. Phrases and idioms: barnacle goose an… …
25Barnacle Bill (song) — Barnacle Bill the Sailor (Roud 4704) is an American drinking song adapted from Bollocky Bill the Sailor , a traditional folk song originally titled Abraham Brown .Cray, Ed. (1992) The Erotic Muse: American Bawdy Songs . University of Illinois.]… …
26Barnacle (disambiguation) — Barnacle may refer to: *Barnacle, a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea *Barnacle Boy, Spongebob Squarepants character *Barnacle Goose, a species of bird *The Barnacle Historic State Park *Mike Barnicle …
27Barnacle 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 …
28Barnacle 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 …
29Barnacle Bill (disambiguation) — Barnacle Bill may refer to:* Barnacle Bill (song) * Barnacle Bill (Mars), the name given to a Martian rock * Barnacle Bill (1930 cartoon) * Barnacle Bill (1941 film), starring Marjorie Main * Barnacle Bill (1957 film), an Ealing comedy starring… …
30Barnacle (X-Men) — Barnacle était un super vilain créé par Marvel Comics. Il est apparu pour la première fois dans X Men: The Magneto War #1, en 1999. Origine Barnacle, de son vrai nom Mortimer Everett, fit partie du groupe de mutant qui attaqua les X Men sur ordre …
