barnacle
Example Sentences
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The fish, who are apparently somewhat elusive, use the teeth for eating barnacles and hard-shelled animals.
From Fox News
Stationary organisms like mussels, barnacles and seaweed are at the most risk, Harley said.
From Washington Post
Just before the heat wave, when Dr. Harley took in the eye-popping weather forecasts, he thought about how low the tide would be at midday, baking the exposed mussels, sea stars and barnacles.
From New York Times
The unknowable mystery of Trump’s barnacle loyalists remains.
From Seattle Times
Over the next hour, the flamingo moved wherever the wind and current took it, eventually snagging against a cluster of rocks covered with sharp barnacles.
From Seattle Times
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