bàirneach

bàirneach
a limpet, Irish báirneach (Fol.), Welsh brenig, Cornish brennic: from Middle English bernekke, now barnacle, from Medieval Latin bernaca. Stokes takes bàirnech from barenn, rock, as Greek lepás, limpet, is allied to lépas, rock.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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  • Barnacle — Bar na*cle, n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe rna ham. Cf. F. bernacle, barnacle, E.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Barnacle eater — Barnacle Bar na*cle, n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe rna ham. Cf. F. bernacle, barnacle, E …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Barnacle scale — Barnacle Bar na*cle, n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe rna ham. Cf. F. bernacle, barnacle, E …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ceroplastes cirripediformis — Barnacle Bar na*cle, n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe rna ham. Cf. F. bernacle, barnacle, E …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • barnacle — barnacle1 barnacled, adj. /bahr neuh keuhl/, n. 1. any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless… …   Universalium

  • barnache — bernache [ bɛrnaʃ ] ou bernacle [ bɛrnakl ] n. f. • 1600, 1671; p. ê. irland. bairnech 1 ♦ Oiseau d eau grégaire (ansériformes), oie sauvage du nord de l Amérique, migrant au sud des États Unis. 2 ♦ (1768, 1751) ⇒ anatife. On dit aussi BARNACHE… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • bernache — [ bɛrnaʃ ] ou bernacle [ bɛrnakl ] n. f. • 1600, 1671; p. ê. irland. bairnech 1 ♦ Oiseau d eau grégaire (ansériformes), oie sauvage du nord de l Amérique, migrant au sud des États Unis. 2 ♦ (1768, 1751) ⇒ anatife. On dit aussi BARNACHE (1762) ,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • bernacle — bernache [ bɛrnaʃ ] ou bernacle [ bɛrnakl ] n. f. • 1600, 1671; p. ê. irland. bairnech 1 ♦ Oiseau d eau grégaire (ansériformes), oie sauvage du nord de l Amérique, migrant au sud des États Unis. 2 ♦ (1768, 1751) ⇒ anatife. On dit aussi BARNACHE… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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