What does barnacular mean?
Barnacular means (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of barnacles..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(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.
Incidentally again, he perpetuated the idea of the barnacular origin of a goose, which persisted for around 500 years.
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Barnacular means (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of barnacles..
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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.
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