Assertion: barnacle | /r/CapableOf | take their place
Facets:
value: alongside tubeworms
type: OTHER
value: as inspiration for practical surgical adhesives
type: PURPOSE
value: alongside mussels
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The widespread industrial interest in chitin, chitosan and their derivatives for all manner of industrial and biomedical applications31 also raises the possibility that barnacles could take their place alongside mussels and tubeworms as inspiration for practical surgical adhesives.