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limpet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | seasnail |
| Has types | diodora apertura, keyhole limpet, patella vulgata, fissurella apertura, common limpet |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | shellfish |
Examples of limpet
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I let out a figurative sigh of relief and clung to her like a limpet all night.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The title track is soppier than a puppy and harder than a limpet to dislodge.
From the guardian.co.uk
Fast steering and limpet-like grip make the IS a fine car to hurry along in.
From the newarkadvertiser.co.uk
The mound was composed of seashells, mainly periwinkle and limpet, and animal bones.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This limpet forms an important part of the diets of many seabirds, fish and starfish.
From the sciencedaily.com
I say this not because of Hiroshima, just because he's a cultural limpet.
From the guardian.co.uk
Nineteen-inch tyres grip the bitumen like a limpet and make for superb cornering ability.
From the smh.com.au
It's actually a hole through which the limpet feeds and expels waste.
From the ocregister.com
The sentiment is to cling on, limpet like to anyone vaguely suitable.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
- Mollusk with a low conical shell
- Any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
- Limpet is a common name for numerous different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails (aquatic gastropod mollusks) that have a simple shell which is basically conical in shape. The shells of limpets are either not coiled, or appear not to be coiled in the adult snails.
- A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores; Someone dependant; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space
- (Limpets) Mollusks of the Class Gastropoda, Phylum Arthropoda that have a low conical shell and adhere to a substrate where they are covered by this shell.*
- A slow-moving animal with a large, flat, muscular foot, and a hard shell into which the animal can withdraw.
- Male who has trouble getting an erection.
