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barnacular

barnacular adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of barnacles.

Adjective

barnacular (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of barnacles.
    • It was a very uncertain matter what rock would be the basis of his future solidification into a housekeeping and sedate shell-fish ; or if he wasn't swallowed up by some big-bellied monster beforehand, and so altogether robbed of the patriarchal barnacular possibility.1875, Fannie N. Smith (under the pseudonym Christabel M. Goldsmith), Shiftless Folks: An Undiluted Love Story, page 62
    • Incidentally again, he perpetuated the idea of the barnacular origin of a goose, which persisted for around 500 years.2011, Paul E. Hatcher, Nick Battey, Biological Diversity: Exploiters and Exploited, page 327

Origin of barnacular

From barnacle + -ar.

Questions about barnacular

What does barnacular mean?
Barnacular means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of barnacles.
What part of speech is barnacular?
Barnacular is an adjective.

Words near barnacular in the dictionary

  1. barnacled
  2. barnaclelike
  3. barnacles
  4. barnacling
  5. Barnacre-with-Bonds
  6. barnacular
  7. Barnala
  8. Barnard
  9. Barnard Castle
  10. Barnard's Star
  11. Barnardo's boy

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