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barnacle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | barnacle goose, branta leucopsis |
| Type of | goose |
barnacle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cirriped, cirripede |
| Type of | crustacean |
| Has types | acorn barnacle, balanus balanoides, lepas fascicularis, rock barnacle, goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle |
Examples of barnacle
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Barnacle communities thrived in the vertical-current sites, the team also found.
From the sciencedaily.com
Then there's the really odd folk-history behind the name of the barnacle goose.
From the guardian.co.uk
In medieval Europe, the barnacle goose was believed to be born from a barnacle.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The best place to be if you are a barnacle goose is at the edge of your flock.
From the newscientist.com
Barnacle colonisation is reduced by at least 90, but often up to 100 percent.
From the sciencedaily.com
In fact, some regions of the human and barnacle proteins were completely identical.
From the sciencedaily.com
On Sunday, we saw LeBron James go 5-for-15 with Deng attached to him like a barnacle.
From the suntimes.com
Darwin was fascinated, knowing that it is a barnacle, but without a shell.
From the poseidonsciences.scienceblog.com
A barnacle that runs into the chemical finds it cannot bind as strongly to the surface.
From the economist.com
- Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
- Barnacle goose: European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
- A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. ...
- Barnacle (Mortimer Everett) is a fictional mutant from Marvel Comics who first appeared in X-Men: Magneto War #1.
- The following is a list of creatures in the Half-Life series. Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game series which consists of two full games, two episodic games, and three third-party made expansions, as well as a number of demos featuring exclusive content. ...
- The word barnacle is a slang term used in electrical engineering to indicate a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design. ...
- (Barnacles) An instrument used by Farriers, depicted either extended or closed, they are also termed Horse-Barnacles.
- (Barnacles) An order of the Subphylum Crustacea, Phylum Arthropoda that attach to the substrate, secrete a protective covering of calcareous plates and shells, and strain food particles from the water with a web-like structure.*
- (Barnacles) Something that didn't go right, something that's backwards, something that did not go as planed.
