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Перевод: barnacle
[существительное] щипцы ; кляпцы ; кляп ; очки ; казарка белощекая; морская уточка; неотвязный человек; старый моряк
Тезаурус:
- That is to say a little evidence against it will cause him agonies of doubt and self-mistrust, moderate amounts will cause some real concern and a pursing of his lips - but total and irrefutable proof of his law's inaccuracy, its illogic, its basic and undeniable untenability, will cause him to cling to it in all its unmodified entirety with the tenacity and single-mindedness of a barnacle.
- By HUGO BARNACLE
- Barnacle Geese
- Reviewed by Hugo Barnacle, 23 September.
- Macmillan has won copyright infringement claims against Thomas Reed Publications Ltd and its distributor, Barnacle Marine Ltd.
- Mussels and various species of barnacle are obvious examples.
- BARNACLE GOOSE - Branta leucopsis
- Brnnich's guillemots, little auks, pink-footed geese and glaucous gulls share cliff habitats, while inland crags are tenanted by barnacle geese, black guillemots, snow buntings and even ivory gulls.
- Carboys of vacuum barnacle serum, mostly.
- Most spectacular are huge flocks of Scandinavian greylag and pink-footed geese, which winter-roost at Strathbeg, grazing in surrounding fields; as well as smaller numbers of less common barnacle geese, resting on their tiring journey from Spitzbergen in Norway to Solway Firth feeding grounds.
- The most highly specialized crustacea are probably the barnacles (Cirripedia) and individual barnacle plates are rather commonly encountered in rocks of Cretaceous age and younger.
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