- common limpet
- nounmarine limpet• Syn: ↑Patella vulgata• Hypernyms: ↑limpet• Member Holonyms: ↑Patella, ↑genus Patella
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limpet — n. 1 any of various marine gastropod molluscs, esp. the common limpet Patella vulgata, with a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot that sticks tightly to rocks. 2 a clinging person. Phrases and idioms: limpet mine a mine designed to be … Useful english dictionary
Common slipper shell — A live but washed up stack of Crepidula fornicata with a small chiton on the left; the lowest individual (on the right of this stack) would have been fixed to a hard surface. Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Limpet — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Limpet — For the underwater explosive device, see Limpet mine. Limpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails (aquatic gastropod mollusks); it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or … Wikipedia
limpet — /lim pit/, n. any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed. [bef. 1050; ME lempet, OE lempedu, nasalized var. of *lepedu < L lepada, acc. of lepas … Universalium
Eelgrass limpet — Taxobox name = Eelgrass limpet image width = image caption = status = EX | status system = IUCN2.3 [Bouchet, P. 1996. Lottia alveus . In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 27 September 2008.] extinct = 1929… … Wikipedia
Keyhole limpet — Taxobox name = Keyhole limpet image caption = Diodora cayenensis regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda superordo = Vetigastropoda ordo = superfamilia = Fissurelloidea familia = Fissurellidae familia authority = Fleming, 1822… … Wikipedia
List of British Isles rockpool life — The rockpools of the British Isles are a feature of rocky shores and have a particular life of their own. Conditions within them are different from the open sea, as they are exposed to increased sunlight, as well as predation from land based… … Wikipedia
Patella vulgata — on a rock in Wales Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Collisella subrugosa — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
