Barnacled

bar;na;cle pronunciation: function: noun etymology: middle english barnakille, alteration of bernake, bernekkedate: 15th century 1 : barnacle goose2 [from a popular belief that the goose grew from the crustacean] : any of numerous marine crustaceans (subclass cirripedia) with feathery appendages for gathering food that are free-swimming as larvae but permanently fixed (as to rocks, boat hulls, or whales) as adults— bar;na;cled adjective [barnacle illustration]