barnacular

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of barnacles.

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Meanings

adjectivebarnacular (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of barnacles.

    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
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    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

Origin

From barnacle + -ar.

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APA

barnacular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barnacular

MLA

“barnacular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barnacular. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barnacular,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barnacular.

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