limpet Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun mollusk with a low conical shell
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noun any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
WordNet
Lim"pet noun
Etymology
Prob. through French fr. L.Definitions
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In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell. -
Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides. ✍ The common European limpets of the genus Patella (esp.P. 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. -
Any species of Siphonaria , a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks. -
A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella .