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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun limpet has 2 senses
- limpet(n = noun.food) - mollusk with a low conical shell; is a kind of shellfish
- limpet(n = noun.animal) - any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas; is a member of class gasteropoda, class gastropoda, gasteropoda, gastropoda
is a kind of seasnail
has particulars: common limpet, patella vulgata, diodora apertura, fissurella apertura, keyhole limpet
CIDE DICTIONARY
limpet, n. [Prob. through French fr. L. lepas, -adis, Gr. lepa`s, -a`dos.].
- In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell. [1913 Webster]
- Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order
Docoglossa , mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides. [1913 Webster]" The common European limpets of the genusPatella (esp.Patella vulgata ) are extensively used as food. The common New England species isAcmæa testudinalis . Numerous species of limpets occur on the Pacific coast of America, some of them of large size." [1913 Webster] - Somthing or someone that clings tenaciously to another object or person; [PJC]
- Any species of
Siphonaria , a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks. [1913 Webster] - A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
limpet, n.
1 any of various marine gastropod molluscs, esp. the common limpet Patella vulgata, with a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot that sticks tightly to rocks.
2 a clinging person.
1 any of various marine gastropod molluscs, esp. the common limpet Patella vulgata, with a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot that sticks tightly to rocks.
2 a clinging person.
Idiom
limpet mine a mine designed to be attached to a ship's hull and set to explode after a certain time.
Etymology
OE lempedu f. med.L lampreda limpet, LAMPREY