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barnacle

[bahr-nuh-kuhl] / ˈbɑr nə kəl /


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“We always joke that ever since then, EIT has been a barnacle on the side of the Meow Wolf ship, just hanging on but also occasionally hopping in to contribute,” Maier says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

A Ram truck with a yellow barnacle on its windshield, a handful of mopeds under rain covers, and a lot of empty parking spaces.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2025

The team also used published research and field surveys to find out how barnacle populations overlap with the range expansion of warm-water predatory sea snails.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

The research helped shape his theory of evolution, says Power, as he saw the sweeping variation of barnacle lifestyles, still similar enough to be linked through a common ancestor.

From National Geographic • Aug. 23, 2023

He asked other scientists to send him their barnacle collections, and over the next days, weeks, and months he pulled down more bottles of barnacles from his shelves.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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