Meanings
plural gooseneck barnacles
- Any of the species Pollicipes pollicipes or P. polymerus, 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.
Synonyms: 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- Any barnacle in the superseded order Pedunculata, now all or most of infraclass Thoracica, most of which are filter-feeders that attach to surfaces by a long stalk, though some are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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the species Pollicipes pollicipes or P. polymerus, 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounstalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鵝頸藤壺 /鹅颈藤壶
- 鵝頸藤壺 /鹅颈藤壶 (éjǐngténghú)Pollicipes pollicipes
Dutch eendenmossel
- eendenmosselPollicipes pollicipes
Finnish hanhenkaula
- hanhenkaulaPollicipes pollicipes
French pouce-pied
- pouce-piedPollicipes pollicipes
German Entenmuschel, Felsenentenmuschel
- EntenmuschelPollicipes pollicipes
- FelsenentenmuschelPollicipes pollicipes
Italian lepade
- lepadePollicipes pollicipes
Polish pąkla kaczenica
- pąkla kaczenicaPollicipes pollicipes
Portuguese percebe
- percebePollicipes pollicipes
Spanish percebe
- percebePollicipes pollicipes
Cite this entry
gooseneck barnacle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gooseneck%20barnacle
“gooseneck barnacle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gooseneck%20barnacle. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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