English Dictionary

gooseneck barnacle

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

海洋の干潟や岩礁の硬い表面（岩や流木など）に付着して生活する、長く力強い付着茎を持つフィルター摂食性の甲殻類の一種で、食用として地中海諸国などで珍味とされる生物。

I picked up a single gooseneck barnacle from the rock and brought it home to taste.

岩から柄のあるフジツボ（Pollicipes pollicipes）を一つ拾って、試しに家に持ち帰って食べてみた。

意味（1）

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.

意味（2）

Any barnacle in the superseded order Pedunculata now all or most of infraclass Thoracica, most of which are filter-feeders that attach to surfaces by a long stalk, though some are parasites.

gooseneck barnacles （ plural ）