Definition of "barnacles" [barnacles]

• Plural form of barnacle. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barnacle. (verb)

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• "Things like that John Byrne referred to as barnacles that needed scraping off when it came time to revamp Superman in the 80s."
• "The barnacles are the worst torture that one can undergo."
• "It is affirmed that a certain slimy substance grows in these shells, which falls afterwards into the sea, and is changed into the bird called barnacles [223]."