transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbär-ni-kəl ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English barnakille, alteration of bernake, bernekke
Date: 15th century
1. : barnacle goose
2.
[from a popular belief that the goose grew from the crustacean]
: 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
• bar·na·cled -kəld adjective
[
barnacle 2: 1 peduncle, 2 cirri
]