goose barnacle

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

An incredible image of a football covered in goose barnacles is the winner of this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards.

From BBC

One of the more surprising additions to the book is the goose barnacle.

From Washington Post

Other items came from across the world, with plastic covered in goose barnacles, thought to have come from the Caribbean, and a Canadian research buoy found in Northern Ireland.

From BBC

There were goose barnacles attached to the rope - an indication, the experts said, that the entanglement had considerably slowed the swimming capabilities of the animal.

From BBC

A recently expired horseshoe crab lay in the sand, its helmetlike shell pocked with goose barnacles and teensy oysters.

From Washington Post