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"A marine crustacean belonging to the subclass Cirripedia. Barnacles typically have a calcareous shell and can be either stalked, attaching themselves to ship bottoms and floating timber (known as goose barnacle), or stalkless, attaching to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone (known as rock barnacle or acorn barnacle)." more

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The barnacle's shell glistened in the sunlight as it clung to the rocky shoreline.

Barnacle

bahr-nuh-kuhl
nounA marine crustacean belonging to the subclass Cirripedia. Barnacles typically have a calcareous shell and can be either stalked, attaching themselves to ship bottoms and floating timber (known as goose barnacle), or stalkless, attaching to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone (known as rock barnacle or acorn barnacle).

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