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Meanings of barnacle in inglés

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Infraclass of crustaceans.

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        cirrípedos
        catalán
        oca de ventre blanc

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

              oca de ventre blanc
              portugués
              percebe
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              percebe

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

                    percebe

                    Cerriped.

                          Usage of barnacle in inglés
                          1
                          He is a sort of barnacle, taken in on his wife's account.
                          Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41
                          2
                          Are you here to take over for that old barnacle Captain Davis?
                          A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
                          3
                          She's a regular barnacle, and won't let me go for a minute.
                          Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
                          4
                          The method could be applied to quantify barnacle larvae in natural plankton samples.
                          Pubmed
                          5
                          Michael switched his light on and made out a barnacle-crusted dock just ahead.
                          The Wolf’s Hour
                          6
                          The hull, when his hands inspected it, proved to be nearly barnacle free.
                          Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
                          7
                          Sharks don't have algae or barnacle problems despite being underwater all their lives.
                          Wired
                          8
                          By the light-stick we made it out to be a large, barnacle-crusted cask.
                          The Mutiny of the Elsinore
                          9
                          Its broken columns stood in the waves as mere barnacle-encrusted humps.
                          Return of the Crimson Guard
                          10
                          There are folk who can take as many forms as a barnacle goose.
                          Unknown to History: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland
                          11
                          O'Sullivan is making even the barnacle-like Enda Kenny seem weakly defeatist.
                          The Irish Times
                          12
                          Despite the pain, I plastered myself like a barnacle to the rock's surface.
                          Bones on Ice
                          13
                          I struggled up the rusted, barnacle-covered ladder and stood up on the pavement.
                          Vrin: ten mortal gods
                          14
                          Like a barnacle, she would hold tight while the tsunami crashed over her.
                          The favorites: a novel
                          15
                          She sticks to me like a barnacle, the nurses would complain.
                          Girl, Interrupted
                          16
                          Come back here and read it out loud, you old barnacle.
                          Tarzan of the Apes
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