GOOSENECK BARNACLE

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 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

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; cirriped; cirripede (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)