Sentence example with the word 'barnacle'

barnacle

adherent, bloodsucker, bulldog, deadbeat, freeloader, hanger-on, lounge lizard, parasite, prickle, spiv, sticker, thorn

Definition n. marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages

Last update: October 10, 2015


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A large species of barnacle, Balanus psittacus, is found in great abundance from Concepcion to Puerto Montt, and is not only eaten by the natives, by whom it is called Pico, but is also esteemed a great delicacy in the markets of Valparaiso and Santiago.   [Please select]

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Come back here and read it out loud, you old barnacle.   [Please select]

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God becomes man becomes fish becomes barnacle goose becomes featherbed mountain.   [Please select]

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, a fabulous mollusc; the barnacle is not now regarded as a mollusc.   [Please select]

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"Got to have somethin' to keep me from gettin' barnacled," declared Captain Lote.   [Please select]

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One kind of barnacle is shaped rather like an acorn.   [Please select]

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According to others, the barnacle geese could both run and fly.   [Please select]

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