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 --
Could he tell us what barnacles he had in mind and which he proposed to get rid of?
One morning, a flock of barnacle geese flew over me.
Barnacle and white-fronted geese are listed in annex 1 of the directive on the conservation of wild birds.
Exactly the same procedure ought to be adopted with barnacle and white-fronted geese.
A 10-yearly review would make sure that the bottom of the old boat got scraped and that there were no barnacles.
I find that in running a business successfully it is essential to cut the barnacles off the bottom.
It can only benefit the pirates and the barnacles who contribute no design or technical input of their own.
Fourthly, a 10-yearly review would reassure people that, as time elapsed, no barnacles would gather on the bottom of the boat.
