BARNACLE

PRONUNCIATION: (BAHR-nuh-kuhl)

MEANING: noun: 1. Any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to rocks, hulls, docks, whales, etc.
2. Someone or something that clings.
verb intr.: To cling in a persistent manner.

ETYMOLOGY. From Latin bernaca, of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: noun 1227, verb 1863.
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