gooseneck barnacle
English
gooseneck barnacles
Noun
gooseneck barnacle (plural gooseneck barnacles)
- Any of the species Pollicipes pollicipes or its close relatives, filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone, with a long and muscular stalk, which is edible and considered a delicacy in several Mediterranean countries.
- Synonym: goose barnacle
- Any barnacle in the superseded order Pedunculata, now all or most of infraclass Thoracica, most of which are filter-feeders that attach to surfaces by a long stalk, though some are parasites.
Translations
Pollicipes pollicipes
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See also
- goose barnacle
Further reading
Pollicipes pollicipes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pollicipes pollicipes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Pollicipes pollicipes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons