Look up: limpet

1. limpet
   [n] - mollusk with a low conical shell 2. [n] - any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells
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2. Limpet
   Lim'pet (lĭm'pĕt) noun [ Prob. through French from Latin lepas , -adis , Greek lepa`s , -a`dos .] (Zoology) 1. In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell. 2. ...
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3. limpet
   <zoology> ... 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. ... The common European limpets of the genus Patella (especially. P. Vulgata) are extensiv...
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4. limpet
   noun any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
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5. limpet
   noun mollusk with a low conical shell
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6. Limpet
   • (n.) Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides. • (n.) Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks. • (n.) In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gast...
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7. limpet
   any of various snails having a flattened shell. Limpets belonging to the subclass Prosobranchia (class Gastropoda) are marine; most cling to rocks ... [3 related articles]
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8. limpet
   
   • mollusk with a low conical shell
   • any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
   
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9. limpet
   limpet, marine gastropod mollusk with a simple, flattened, conical shell, found in cooler waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. Certain species creep over rocks, feeding on algae during high tides, but when the tide recedes they return instinctively to the same spot occupied previously, to ...
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10. Limpet
    Limpets are gastropod molluscs, characterised by the simple cap-shaped shell, and by the nature of the radula or tooth-ribbon. Limpets breed in spring and the young are ciliated free-swimming larvae, devoid of shells. The foot is an almost circular mass of muscle; around it is visible the mantle, li...
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11. limpet
    Any of various marine snails belonging to several families and genera, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. A limpet has a conical shell and adheres firmly to rocks by its disclike foot. Limpets leave their fixed positions only to graze on seaweeds, always returning to the same spot. The common ...
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12. Limpet
    The word `Limpet` is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails (aquatic gastropod mollusks). It is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is basically conical in shape, and either is not coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails. T...
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