Meaning of LIMPET
| Pronunciation: | | 'limpit
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- [n] any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
- [n] mollusk with a low conical shell
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| | See Also: | | class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, common limpet, Diodora apertura, Fissurella apertura, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda, keyhole limpet, Patella vulgata, seasnail, shellfish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lim"pet\ (l[i^]m"p[e^]t), n. [Prob. through French fr.
L. lepas, -adis, Gr. lepa`s, -a`dos.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod
shell.
2. Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order
Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.
Note: The common European limpets of the genus {Patella}
(esp. {P. vulgata}) are extensively used as food. The
common New England species is {Acm[ae]a testudinalis}.
Numerous species of limpets occur on the Pacific coast
of America, some of them of large size.
3. Any species of {Siphonaria}, a genus of limpet-shaped
Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
4. A keyhole limpet. See {Fissurella}.
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| | Related Terms: | | adherent, adhesive, barnacle, blue point, bramble, brier, bulldog, burr, cement, Chilopoda, Chordata, clam, coquillage, crab, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, decal, decalcomania, Dungeness crab, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, glue, gunk, Japanese crab, langouste, leech, littleneck clam, lobster, molasses, Monoplacophora, mucilage, mussel, Nemertinea, oyster, paste, periwinkle, Phoronidea, plaster, prawn, prickle, quahog, remora, scallop, shellfish, shrimp, snail, soft-shell crab, steamer, sticker, syrup, thorn, whelk |
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