1) Abalone relative 2) Clinging mollusk 3) Clinging shellfish 4) Clingy mollusk 5) Cousin of a conch 6) Hawaiian cuisine 7) It clings to rock surfaces 8) Mollusk in a tidepool 9) Mollusk that clings 10) Shellfish 11) Snail relative
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- 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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Limpet is a common name applied to aquatic snails with shells broadly conical in shape, rather like the familiar conical Asian hat. The term `limpet` is purely informal, a term of convenience; it refers to any gastropod whose shell has no obvious coiling such as one sees in familiar garden snails or in winkles. Although all limpets are Gastropod.....
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• (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, gastropod shell. • (n.) A keyhole limpet. See Fis...
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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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<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 extensively used as food. The common new England species i...
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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. Any one of many species of marine shellfish of th...
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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, lining the shell, and bearing a circlet of vascular ...
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n] - mollusk with a low conical shell 2. [n] - any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells
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noun any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
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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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