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GOOSENECK BARNACLE

Dictionary entry overview: What does gooseneck barnacle mean?

• GOOSENECK BARNACLE (noun)
The noun GOOSENECK BARNACLE has 1 sense:

1. stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers

Familiarity information: GOOSENECK BARNACLE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GOOSENECK BARNACLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

goose barnacle; gooseneck barnacle; Lepas fascicularis

Hypernyms ("gooseneck barnacle" is a kind of...):

barnacle; cerriped; cerripede (marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces)

Holonyms ("gooseneck barnacle" is a member of...):

genus Lepas; Lepas (type genus of the family Lepadidae)

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