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limpet |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Limpet \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: limpet n 1: mollusk with a low conical shell 2: any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
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