1. Plural of bernicle; small crustaceans that attach to rocks, ship hulls, and other surfaces in marine environments.
Usage: Also spelled 'barnacles' in modern usage; 'bernicle' is an archaic or variant form.; Marine biology term
2. Plural of bernicle; a type of goose (bernicle goose), also called the brant goose.
Usage: Archaic or historical usage; Ornithology

Examples

• The ship's hull was covered with bernicles after months at sea.
• Bernicles clung to the rocks along the shoreline.
• The old sailor scraped bernicles off the boat's bottom.
• Marine biologists study how bernicles attach to surfaces.
• Flocks of bernicles migrated south for the winter.