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Definition of Goose barnacle
1. Noun. Stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers.
Generic synonyms: Barnacle, Cirriped, Cirripede
Group relationships: Genus Lepas, Lepas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goose Barnacle
Literary usage of Goose barnacle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1902)
"114) is the goose barnacle, which owes its common name to a mediaeval myth which
claimed that ... Balanus balanoides,* common on our coast. goose barnacle. ..."
2. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"The modern ship- or goose-barnacle (Lepas). After removal of the right valve.
a, stem; C, Te, and Sc, shell pieces; C, carina; Te, terga; Sc, scuta; Mk, ..."
3. A Comprehensive Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"The modern ship- or goose-barnacle (Lepas). After removal of the right valve.
a, stem; C, Te, and Sc, shell pieces; C, carina; Te, terga; Sc, scuta; MA, ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The name arose from the fables of former days, which represented it as developing
from a stalked or 'goose' barnacle. In size the barnacle-goose is smaller ..."
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