barnacle
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“We always joke that ever since then, EIT has been a barnacle on the side of the Meow Wolf ship, just hanging on but also occasionally hopping in to contribute,” Maier says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
A Ram truck with a yellow barnacle on its windshield, a handful of mopeds under rain covers, and a lot of empty parking spaces.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2025
In the UK, rising sea temperatures are having an impact, with a number of creatures having vanished completely from coastal locations - some barnacle species, for example.
From BBC ● May 7, 2024
As these predators push out from the equator towards the poles, temperate prey species, like the barnacle Tetraclita rubescens, are encountering new, larger, predators.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023
As he says it, I can feel every barnacle.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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