Толковый словарь английского языка - barnacle
Barnacle
barnacle
noun Etymology: Middle English barnakille, alteration of bernake, bernekke Date: 15th century ~ goose , any of numerous marine crustaceans (subclass Cirripedia) with feathery appendages for gathering food that are free-swimming as larvae but permanently fixed (as to rocks, boat hulls, or whales) as adults, ~d adjective
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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 Arctic goose, Branta leucopsis, which visits Britain in winter. Derivatives barnacled adj. Etymology: ME bernak (= med.L bernaca), of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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