Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gooseneck barnacle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: goose-neck- bar-na-cle
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

Any barnacle in the superseded order Pedunculata, now all or most of infraclass Thoracica, most of which are filter-feeders that attach to surfaces by a long stalk, though some are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.

Inflected Forms

gooseneck barnacles (plural)

Phrases

barnacle goose

Frequently Paired Words

barnacle goose

Synonyms

goose barnacle lepas fascicularis

Questions

What does gooseneck barnacle mean?: 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.

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