barnacular

English

Etymology

From barnacle +‎ -ar.

Adjective

barnacular (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of barnacles.
    • 1875, Fannie N. Smith (under the psuedonym Christabel M. Goldsmith), Shiftless Folks: An Undiluted Love Story, page 62:
      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.
    • 2011, Paul E. Hatcher, Nick Battey, Biological Diversity: Exploiters and Exploited, page 327:
      Incidentally again, he perpetuated the idea of the barnacular origin of a goose, which persisted for around 500 years.
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