GOOSE BARNACLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers

Synonyms:

goose barnacle; gooseneck barnacle; Lepas fascicularis

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Nouns denoting animals

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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