About The Word Limpet
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Limpet
Limpet Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Limpet?
[n] any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
[n] mollusk with a low conical shell Synonyms | Synonyms for Limpet: Related Terms | Find terms related to Limpet: adherent | adhesive | barnacle | blue point | bramble | brier | bulldog | burr | cement | Chilopoda | Chordata | clam | coquillage | crab | crawdad | crawfish | crayfish | decal | decalcomania | Dungeness crab | Echiuroidea | Ectoprocta | Entoprocta | glue | gunk | Japanese crab | langouste | leech | littleneck clam | lobster | molasses | Monoplacophora | mucilage | mussel | Nemertinea | oyster | paste | periwinkle | Phoronidea | plaster | prawn | prickle | quahog | remora | scallop | shellfish | shrimp | snail | soft-shell crab | steamer | sticker | syrup | thorn | whelk See Also | class Gasteropoda | class Gastropoda | common limpet | Diodora apertura | Fissurella apertura | Gasteropoda | Gastropoda | keyhole limpet | Patella vulgata | seasnail | shellfish Limpet In Webster's Dictionary \Lim"pet\ (l[i^]m"p[e^]t), n. [Prob. through French fr.
L. lepas, -adis, Gr. lepa`s, -a`dos.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod
shell.
2. Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order
Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.
Note: The common European limpets of the genus {Patella}
(esp. {P. vulgata}) are extensively used as food. The
common New England species is {Acm[ae]a testudinalis}.
Numerous species of limpets occur on the Pacific coast
of America, some of them of large size.
3. Any species of {Siphonaria}, a genus of limpet-shaped
Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
4. A keyhole limpet. See {Fissurella}.
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