0 a small sea creature with a shell, that sticks very tightly and in large numbers to rocks and the bottom of boats
1 a small sea creature with a shell that fastens itself tightly and in large numbers to rocks and the bottoms of boats
Barnacles formed in clusters, stopping the speed, and sea-worms bored through the planking.
Nearly every rock has its crust of barnacles and clumps of mussels.
Ships that go around the world accumulate many barnacles, but barnacles as a help to the navigator are an iridescent dream.
The barnacles interfere greatly with the speed of a vessel, and in a cruiser speed is of prime importance.
Osmolarity was measured for solutions in which ion substitutions were made to be cer tain it equaled that of normal barnacle saline.
Adaptation in the input 0output relation of the synapse made by the barnacle's photoreceptor.
Westerkamp's journey into the inner world of the barnacles validates the exploration of her own inner world, and ultimately that of the listener.
