亀かめの手て

noun

goose barnacle; stalked barnacle

Common name for the goose barnacle (Pollicipes mitella), a seafood delicacy in Japan. The name comes from its resemblance to a turtle's hand.

• 亀かめの手ては磯いその岩いわ場ばにびっしりついている。

  Goose barnacles cling thickly to the rocky shore.

• 亀かめの手てを塩しおゆでにして食たべた。

  I boiled the goose barnacles in salted water and ate them.