barnacle
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- noun
- /ˈbɑrnɪkəl/
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percebe
- The tide pools filled with life again, and barnacles and mussels began colonizing the rocks.
- barnacles attach
- barnacle growth
- barnacles and algae
I'm not aware of anything that floats through open ocean currents that Barnacle growth happens on.
- I'm not aware of anything that floats through open ocean currents that Barnacle growth happens on.
Examples
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I'm sticking to this island like a barnacle to a rock.
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Creatures wrapped their limbs around my legs; barnacles clung to my skin like crusty jewels.
Fiction book (1992) -
Here we are, collecting barnacles on this miserable island.
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It was all covered with barnacles.
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Heavy waves struck the beach and tore at the sand, and sluiced over the barnacle-encrusted rocks.
Fiction book (1999) -
Below the waterline, the rocks were green and slimy with seaweed and barnacles.
Fiction book (1997) -
A rusty anchor on the bow, half buried in barnacle-encrusted coils of chain, looked salvaged from a sunken ship.
Fiction book (1991) -
Plastic particulate matter is ingested by marine filter feeders, which include barnacles, sponges, and krill.
Academic text (2005) -
Crabs, snails and shrimp eat algae, mussels, barnacles and salty mangrove detritus.
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On our tide pool excursion, we found many barnacles attached to the rocks.
Synonyms
A small sea animal like a barnacle that sticks to rocks or ships and catches food with feathery legs
A small sea animal with a hard shell that attaches to rocks and feeds with feathery legs
Compounds
- Specialized
A small sea animal with a shell on a stalk that sticks to ships and driftwood
Surface Forms
Etymology
Barnacle for the sea animal comes from that same old story about shells and geese. People saw groups of hard shells on driftwood and called them 'barnacles', and because these animals 'cling' tightly to rocks and boats the name fits.