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barnacle

How to use barnacle in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for barnacle.

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Next on the list... swap out the flamingo for the barnacle.

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Quick take

marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of barnacle gathered in one view.

noun

marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces

noun

European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for barnacle.

noun

marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces

See also: cirriped, cirripede

noun

European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north

Example sentences

1

Next on the list... swap out the flamingo for the barnacle.

2

Also: I knew there were goose barnacles; never heard of barnacle geese before, though.

3

I bet you could get some sort of coating for your windshield which would resist the suction of the barnacle.

4

That’s nothingHow many people know what Kingdom a barnacle, a sponge, coral, or kelp belongs to.

5

"Fascinating, reminds me of barnacle monsters from Half-Life.

6

In reality if every instance of 'shit' is replaced with 'barnacle', if I call you a 'barnacle head' on said forum, we both know what I'm saying.

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My opinion as an immigrant is the opposite: I'm clinging to this rock like a tenacious fucking barnacle.

8

Thanks so much to the university for coming up with the barnacle or I would have missed these really brilliant hacks that seemed to keep improving one after the other.

9

Perhaps intelligences like ours are well understood, well classified in the genus of the universe, and we are about as ordinary as a barnacle on the hull of a tug boat.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use barnacle in a sentence?

Next on the list... swap out the flamingo for the barnacle.

What does barnacle mean?

marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces

What part of speech is barnacle?

barnacle is commonly used as noun.