barnacle
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
barnacle /ˈbɑːnək(ə)l/
▶noun a marine crustacean with an external shell, which attaches itself permanently to underwater surfaces and feeds by using modified feathery legs as filters. [Class Cirripedia: many species.]
– derivatives
barnacled adjective.
barnacled adjective.
– origin C16: from med. L. bernaca.
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