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Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [See {Bernicle}.]
A bernicle goose.
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Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac,
and Prov. F. (Berri) berniques, spectacles.]
1. pl. (Far.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and
thus restraining him.

Note: [Formerly used in the sing.]
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The barnacles . . . give pain almost equal to
that of the switch. --Youatt.
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2. pl. Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the
barnacles used by farriers. [Cant, Eng.] --Dickens.
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Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of
goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this
shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim.
of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe`rna ham. Cf. F.
bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach,
barneach, limpet.] (Zool.)
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber,
ships, etc., esp.
(a) the sessile species (genus {Balanus} and allies), and
(b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus {Lepas} and
allies). See {Cirripedia}, and {Goose barnacle}.
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{Barnacle eater} (Zool.), the orange filefish.

{Barnacle scale} (Zool.), a bark louse ({Ceroplastes
cirripediformis}) of the orange and quince trees in
Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile
barnacle in form.
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Bernicle \Ber"ni*cle\, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac;
prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr.
Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st
{Barnacle}.]
A bernicle goose. [Written also {barnacle}.]
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{Bernicle goose} (Zool.), a goose ({Branta leucopsis}), of
Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that
it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea ({Lepas}), which
were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or
Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related
species. See {Anatifa} and {Cirripedia}.
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