Plural of barnacle

regular plural

The plural of barnacle is barnacles.

Forms of barnacle

The oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.From the entry sedentary
They are barnacles that accumulate in a mass of decaying metal.2015 June 2, Jonathan Jones, “Love locks are the shallowest, stupidest, phoniest expression of love ever – time to put a stop to it”, in…. From the entry love lock
Yet, initially defaunated empty tests and live barnacles developed markedly different macrobenthic assemblages, suggesting a strong indirect effect of the predation.2015 July 18, “Bored to Death: Community-Wide Effect of Predation on a Foundation Species in a Low-Disturbance Arctic Subtidal System”, in…. From the entry defaunated
She was nearly four feet long, with a large welt on her shell, which was encrusted with ancient-looking barnacles.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 7, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company. From the entry welt
Shiver me sails an' rot me timbers, fry me barnacles, scrape me keel, an' all that nautical jimjam.2004, Brian Jacques, Loamhedge: A Novel of Redwall, →ISBN. From the entry jimjam

noun A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
noun The barnacle goose.
noun In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.

What is the plural of barnacle?: The plural of barnacle is barnacles.
Is barnacle countable?: Barnacle is a countable noun.

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