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Barnacles, The
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Barnacles, The, in Dickens's
Little Dorrit, types of government officials in the ‘Circumlocution Office’.
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Barnacle Bonanza.
Magazine article from: World and I; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...believed that the barnacle goose (Branta...produced by gooseneck barnacles. Thus, by mislabeling...types of acorn barnacles include the crab barnacle (Chelonibia patula...sea creatures. Barnacle love Both acorn and gooseneck barnacles are hermaphrodites...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Barnacle Busters goes to hull and back to please its customers.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 8/3/2005; 700+ words
; ...working on weekends, Barnacle Busters divers don...brushes to clean off barnacles, oysters, sea...to deal with." Barnacles and other material...time of year." Barnacle Busters, which...administration and scraped barnacles part time. Even...1983, he set up Barnacle Busters and six...
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Goose barnacles once served as Lenten meal
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 8/17/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...ate Chile's giant barnacles and found them disgusting...Boiled Gooseneck Barnacles with Aioli." One goose barnacle species has stalks...Some tiny goose barnacle species settle on...bells. Some goose barnacles stick to the shells...
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Voyage of the Barnacle
Magazine article from: Natural History; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...that post was a Barnacle." Perhaps most...activity directed at barnacles has been devoted...write this Chilean barnacle's evolutionary...devoted entirely to barnacles? By 1842 Darwin...emotional expression. Barnacle anatomy and classification...nonspecialist in barnacles, has had the ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Feeding time: stress and barnacles.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/11/1992; 700+ words
; ...common North American barnacle, has been studied...British Columbia. Barnacles do not just feed...feeding again. If a barnacle's stomach is tempty...done by fasting. Barnacles seem to be able...the explanation, barnacles appear to have an...understanding of barnacle risk-assessment...
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Whale barnacles: exaptational access to a forbidden paradise
Magazine article from: Paleobiology; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...except for acorn barnacles (the gooseneck barnacle Conchoderma can settle...morphology of whale barnacles tells us the real...with a large knife. Barnacles are also the only...removal of the calcitic barnacle skeleton, a most...
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Making mountains out of barnacles: the dynamics of acorn barnacle hummocking.
Magazine article from: Ecology; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...In contrast to solitary barnacles, which are usually 24 times wider than they are tall, the barnacles that comprise hummocks are...densities, the individual barnacles that compose hummocks should...without their neighbors. Barnacle hummocks have long drawn the...
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Cropping of Sea Anemone Tentacles by a Symbiotic Barnacle.
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...that some symbiotic barnacles obtain nutrients...is a pedunculate barnacle symbiotic with the...concluded that this barnacle feeds actively on...typical pedunculate barnacles like Lepas spp...minus] 95 s. A barnacle cropped a tentacle...not observe the barnacles eat other parts...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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BARNACLE HUNTING IN VOGUE IT'S RISKY WORK BUT PAYOFFS BIG.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 3/17/2000; 700 words
; ...for safety, the barnacle fishermen descend...scrape valuable goose barnacles from the rocks...onshore. The goose barnacles, or ''percebe...season. Although the barnacle is fished all along...On average, two barnacle collectors are lost...work prying the barnacles off the rocks that...
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 "Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)")
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Big, bad barnacles besiege boats: A Pacific variety has invaded Florida waters with a vengeance.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 11/28/2006; 700+ words
; ...is on big. Mega barnacles have arrived in...vase. An ordinary barnacle in the Sunshine...pinpoint when mega barnacles arrived. "It...Clements said barnacle growth appears to...reports of the mega barnacle in the past month have been about dead barnacles, he said. What...
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Barnacles
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...acorn and goose. Acorn barnacles are generally recognized...pushed outwards to allow the barnacle to feed, but as the tide withdraws, the barnacle closes its shell once again...enclosed in their shells, barnacles can resist drying at low...
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barnacle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
barnacle common name of...Cirripedia. Barnacles are exclusively...Some shelled barnacles are commensal...The gooseneck barnacle Conchoderma may...on the acorn barnacle Coronula, which...Besides the shelled barnacles there are naked...
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barnacles
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
barnacles 1. See CIRRIPEDIA ; CRUSTACEA ; THORACICA 2. ( acorn barnacles ) See BALANIDAE . 3. ( goose barnacles ) See LEPADIDAE . 4. ( parasitic barnacles ) See RHIZOCEPHALA .
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Barnacles, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Barnacles, The, in Dickens's Little Dorrit , types of government officials in the ‘Circumlocution Office’.
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parasitic barnacles
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
parasitic barnacles See RHIZOCEPHALA .
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