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BARLEY BARN BARNACLE
~ BARLEY from BARLICH ^u biol> TYPE OF GRASSES CULTIVATED SINCE ANTIQUITY belonging to the HORDEUM group sug> HORTICULTURE ~ BARN in lat HORREUM or GRANARIUM ukr HOROD = GARDEN A CLOSED SPACE TO STORE GRAINS or BARLEY ~ BARNACLE lit+ "A SHRIMP STANDING ON ITS HEAD ENCASED IN A LIMESTONE HOUSE ..." attr to Thomas H. HUXLEY [#] and L. AGASSIZ [#] note old Irish BERN = CLEFT biol> MARINE CRUSTACEANS lat FORARE = BORE as in PERFORATE many sorts of BARNACLES PERFORATE PLANKS OF SHIPS note major species CIRRIPEDIA from lat CIRRI "A LOCK OF CURLY HAIR" THESE BARNACLES FASTEN THEMSELVES TO BOATS etc the second MAJOR SUB ORDER are the BALANOMORPHA from gr BALANOS = ACORN and therefore their shape is akin to the PENILE HEAD hx> FORMERLY CLASSED AS MOLLUSCS BARNACLES IN FACT DEVELOP FROM FREE SWIMMING NAUPLIOS sug> ARGONAUTS note DURING THE MIDDLE or DARK AGES MANY BELIEVED THAT THE GOOSE GREW FROM SHELLFISH in part because CIRRIPEDIA BARNACLES HAVE GOOSE or NECK LIKE TENTACLES and accordingly named GOOSE BARNACLES |