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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.
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