limpet (redirected from common limpets)

lim·pet  (lmpt)

n.

1. 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.

2. One that clings persistently.

3. A type of explosive designed to cling to the hull of a ship and detonate on contact or signal.

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[Possibly Middle English lempet, European limpet (sense uncertain).]

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limpet

Noun

a conical shellfish that clings tightly to rocks with its muscular foot

Adjective

denoting certain weapons that are magnetically attached to their targets and resist removal: limpet mines [Old English lempedu]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	limpet - mollusk with a low conical shell     shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
	2.	limpet - any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda - snails and slugs and their relatives seasnail - any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids common limpet, Patella vulgata - marine limpet Diodora apertura, Fissurella apertura, keyhole limpet - marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex

Translations

limpet [ˈlɪmpɪt] n → lapa

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limpet [ˈlɪmpɪt] n → patelle f;

like a limpet (fig) → comme une ventouse

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limpet [ˈlɪmpɪt] n → Napfschnecke f

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limpet [ˈlɪmpɪt] n → patella

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limpet

n limpet [ˈlimpit]

a type of small, cone-shaped shellfish that fastens itself very firmly to rocks. klipmossel بَطْلينوس: حَيوان من الرَّخَوِيّات يَلْتَصِق بالصُّخور вид мида přílipka; kuželnatka albueskæl die Napfschnecke πεταλίδα lapa meritigu صدف کوهی maljakotilo bernique שַׁבּלוּל עֲלוּקָה घोंघा lupar, priljepak tapadó tengeri csiga teritip sæsnigill af þarahettuætt patella かさがい 삿갓조개 비슷한 권패(卷貝)의 총칭 geldelė siput zeeslak syrin skałoczep lapa melc turtit, scoică necomestibilă блюдечко mištička; kužeľovka prilepek prilepak skålsnäcka หอยทะเลที่มักพบติดอยู่ตามหินใต้น้ำ deniz salyangozu 帽貝 блюдечко ایک قسم کا گھونگا con hà 帽贝