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barnaclelike

barnaclelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a barnacle, especially in clinging tightly to a surface.

Adjective

barnaclelike (comparative more barnaclelike, superlative most barnaclelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a barnacle, especially in clinging tightly to a surface.
    • Prince Albert, together with his sisters, selected hundreds of items from among his mother’s possessions for public display beginning July 12 at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco’s modern barnaclelike conference center by the sea.2007 June 21, Craig S. Smith, “Recalling the Princess They Called Mother”, in New York Times

Forms of barnaclelike

comparativemore barnaclelike
superlativemost barnaclelike

Origin of barnaclelike

From barnacle + -like.

Questions about barnaclelike

What does barnaclelike mean?
Barnaclelike means resembling or characteristic of a barnacle, especially in clinging tightly to a surface.
What part of speech is barnaclelike?
Barnaclelike is an adjective.

Words near barnaclelike in the dictionary

  1. Barnack
  2. barnacle
  3. barnacle geese
  4. barnacle goose
  5. barnacled
  6. barnaclelike
  7. barnacles
  8. barnacling
  9. Barnacre-with-Bonds
  10. barnacular
  11. Barnala

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