American English pronunciation
How to pronounce barnacle
IPA transcription: ['bɑɹnəkəl]
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Noun
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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
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European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
Usage examples
- He was replaced for the subsequent tour by Pete Barnacle.
- The film then proceeds to examine the relationship between Joyce and Barnacle.
- The Chatham albatross feeds on fish, cephalopods, krill, and barnacles.
- Shelled molluscs were placed in the Testacea, together with barnacles and tube worms.
- Barnacle and Joyce's relationship was complex.