deniz palamudu
Semibalanus balanoides
#nm_0600📍 Turkey
- Language
- Turkish
- Transliteration
- deniz palamudu
- IPA
- /deˈniz palaˈmudu/
Compound: deniz + palamut deniz: sea, palamut: acorn ↳ palamut from Ottoman Turkish palamut (acorn), from Byzantine Greek βαλανίδιον balanídion (little acorn), diminutive of βάλανος bálanos (acorn) ↳ this palamut is a homonym of the unrelated Turkish palamut meaning bonito (a tuna-like fish also in this database), which has a separate Greek etymology
Common acorn barnacle, a sessile filter-feeding crustacean enclosed in conical calcareous plates cemented to rock. Abundant on North Atlantic intertidal shores.