Goose barnacles (order Pedunculata), also called stalked barnacles or gooseneck barnacles, are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone. == Biology == Some species of goose barnacles such as Lepas anatifera are pelagic and are most frequently found on tidewrack on oceanic coas...
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_barnacle
(from the article `barnacle`) Typical barnacles (order Thoracica) have six pairs of cirri and more or less complete shells. Pedunculate (stalked) forms include the common goose ... In the western British Isles during the Middle Ages a prevalent myth involving barnacles purported to explain the annual appearance of certain geese ... [...
Found on
http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/50
[
n] - stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers
Found on
http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=goose%20barnacle
gooseneck barnacle noun stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
No exact match found.
