gooseneck barnacle

English

gooseneck barnacles

Noun

gooseneck barnacle (plural gooseneck barnacles)

Any of the species Pollicipes pollicipes or its close relatives, 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.

Translations

crustacean

Dutch: eendenmossel f
Galician: percebe (gl) m

German: Entenmuschel (de) f
Italian: lepade f

See also

goose barnacle

Further reading

Pollicipes pollicipes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pollicipes pollicipes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pollicipes pollicipes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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