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Definitions of limpet in various dictionaries:
noun - mollusk with a low conical shell
noun - any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells
Any of numerous marine gastropod mollusks, as of the families Acmaeidae and Patellidae, characteristically having a conical shell and adhering to rocks of tidal areas.
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| From the Latin word lampreda we get lamprey, as well as the name of this mollusk |
| "Incredible" mollusk of the genus patella |
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| a marine mollusc which has a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot, proverbial for the way it clings tightly to rocks. |
| any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells found clinging to rocks in littoral areas |
| mollusk with a low conical shell |
| a small sea creature with a cone-shaped shell that attaches itself to rocks |
| a type of bomb that is attached to what it is intended to destroy |
| Any of numerous marine gastropod mollusks, as of the families Acmaeidae and Patellidae, characteristically having a conical shell and adhering to rocks of tidal areas. |
| One that clings persistently. |
| A type of explosive designed to cling to the hull of a ship and detonate on contact or signal. |
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Limpets are aquatic snails with a shell that is broadly conical in shape and a strong, muscular foot. * Although all limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, limpets are highly polyphyletic, meaning that the various groups that we call "limpets" have descended independently from different ancestral gastropods. This general category of conical shell is technically known as "patelliform", meaning dish-shaped. Some species of limpet live in fresh water, but these are the exception. All members of the large and ancient marine clade Patellogastropoda are limpets, and within that clade the family Patellidae in particular are often called the "true limpets". * Other groups, not in the same family, are also called limpets of one type or another because of the similar shapes of their shells. Examples include the Fissurellidae, the "keyhole limpet" family, which is part of the clade Vetigastropoda (many other members of the Vetigastropoda do not have the morphology of limpets) and the Siphonarii |