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limpet
[ lim-pit ]
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
/ ˈlɪmpɪt /
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
- any of various similar freshwater gastropods, such as Ancylus fluviatilis ( river limpet )
- modifier relating to or denoting certain weapons that are attached to their targets by magnetic or adhesive properties and resist removal
limpet mines
- a small open caisson shaped to fit against a dock wall, used mainly in repair work
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Example Sentences
Four of those attacks used the same kind of magnetic limpet bomb, affixed to the vehicles of the targets.
Shell, rather limpet-like, with a hooked apex (whence its generic name), adheres to stones or piles in running water.
When the tide is out, the Limpet clings to the rock, its soft body tucked safely away in the shell.
Then the Limpet's shell may be seen to tilt up, and a foot, and a head with feelers and eyes, come out.
In time this resting-place becomes hollowed out, and the Limpet's shell fits into the groove thus made.
You will know, if you have tried to force a Limpet from its hold on the rock, how very tightly it clings.
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