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Meanings of barnacle in inglês

russo
усоногие
português
cirrípedes
espanhol
cirrípedos
catalão
cirrípede
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Infraclass of crustaceans.

Related terms
cirrípedes
catalão
oca de ventre blanc

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

oca de ventre blanc
Synonyms
Examples for "barnacle goose"
Examples for "barnacle goose"
1
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
2
As the title suggests, it shows a fox cub grimly hanging on to a barnacle goose it has caught, refusing to share it with siblings.
The Guardian
3
With the Barnacle Goose Tree the Herbal proper closes, in these quaint words:
Gossip in a Library
4
Heads of the Eider, King Buck, Barnacle Goose, and White-fronted Goose, drawn by ditto
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volum...
5
The Raven, the Barnacle Goose and the Whale
Short Sketches from Oldest America
português
percebe
catalão
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 inglês
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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