Meaning Of The Word Limpet
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Limpet Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Limpet?
limpet
countable noun: A limpet is a small sea animal with a cone-shaped shell which attaches itself tightly to rocks. limpet in American English a gastropod mollusk of various families, mostly marine, with a single, low, cone-shaped shell and a thick, fleshy foot, by means of which it clings to rocks, timbers, etc. noun: any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed limpet in British English noun: any of numerous marine gastropods, such as Patella vulgata ( common limpet) and Fissurella (or Diodora) apertura ( keyhole limpet), that have a conical shell and are found clinging to rocks |
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