goose barnacle
noun
any barnacle of the genus Lepas, living attached by a stalk to pieces of wood, having long feathery appendages (cirri) and flattened shells
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How to use goose barnacle in a sentence
This is a fairly abundant goose barnacle, found in holdfasts of kelp and occasionally on driftwood and floating objects.
This genus is commonly known as the ship-barnacle, also as the goose-barnacle.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
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