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limpet

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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.

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

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.limpetlimpet - 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
Diodora apertura, Fissurella apertura, keyhole limpet - marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex
Translations
Spanish limpet [ˈlɪmpɪt] nlapa
French limpet [ˈlɪmpɪt] npatelle f;
like a limpet (fig) → comme une ventouse

German limpet [ˈlɪmpɪt] nNapfschnecke f
Italian limpet [ˈlɪmpɪt] npatella

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She was a limpet, with the sensitive side of her stuck to a rock, for ever dead to the rush of fresh and beautiful things past her.
to knock a limpet from the rock does not require even cunning, that lowest power of the mind.
I continued three days feeding on oysters and limpets, to save my own provisions; and I fortunately found a brook of excellent water, which gave me great relief.
 
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