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GOOSE BARNACLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers
Synonyms:
goose barnacle; gooseneck barnacle; Lepas fascicularis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("goose 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 ("goose barnacle" is a member of...):
genus Lepas; Lepas (type genus of the family Lepadidae)
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