The Fish

The Fish Glossary

barnacles

any of numerous marine crustaceans (subclass Cirripedia) with feathery appendages for gathering food that are free-swimming as larvae but permanently fixed (as to rocks, boat hulls, or whales) as adults

submerged

under something else

bespattered

splattered with

defiant

resistant

edifice

a structure

cornice

the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition

chasm

a deep cleft or gorge

jade

a green mineral

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