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barnacle

[bahr-nuh-kuhl] / ˈbɑr nə kəl /


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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

Researchers wanted to know how this barnacle species might adapt their defences in response to tropicalisation.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

“We are quite poor at remembering how things were 20, 30 years ago, unless we have some notes,” he says, as barnacle geese bark in flight above him.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

Whether the new barnacle methodology will meet that standard, he says, “I think we will only know once full use is made of this technique.”

From National Geographic • Aug. 23, 2023

It had a little fog inside it and there were barnacle prints glued onto the glass, but I could still see more with it than without.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk




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