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limpet
n.
marine mollusk with a cone shaped shell which adheres to rocks along the shoreline; one who refuses to let go, one who clings
Limpet
A
limpet is an aquatic
snail with a
shell that is broadly conical in shape. "Limpet" informally refers to any
gastropod whose shell has no obvious coiling, like the coiling which can be seen in the shells of garden snails or
winkles.
limpet
Noun
1. mollusk with a low conical shell
(hypernym) shellfish
2. any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
(hypernym) seasnail
(hyponym) common limpet, Patella vulgata
(member-holonym) Gastropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, class Gasteropoda
Limpet
(n.)
In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell.
(n.)
Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
(n.)
Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.
(n.)
A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
limpet
Synonyms and related words:
Chilopoda, Chordata, Dungeness crab, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Japanese crab, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, adherent, adhesive, barnacle, blue point, bramble, brier, bulldog, burr, cement, clam, coquillage, crab, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, decal, decalcomania, glue, gunk, langouste, leech, littleneck clam, lobster, molasses, mucilage, mussel, oyster, paste, periwinkle, plaster, prawn, prickle, quahog, remora, scallop, shellfish, shrimp, snail, soft-shell crab, steamer, sticker, syrup, thorn, whelk
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
