Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: barnacle
IPA transcription: [b'ɑɹnəkəl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: barnacle_goose, barnacle, Branta_leucopsis
    Meaning: European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
  • Synonyms: barnacle, cirriped, cirripede
    Meaning: marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
Usage examples
  • His fears were based upon the fact that I had published in the Rivermouth Barnacle some verses addressed in a familiar manner "To the Moon." Now, the idea of a boy, with his living to get, placing himself in communication with the Moon, struck the mercantile mind as monstrous.