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1. (n.) limpet
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, usu. adhering to rocks.
Etymology: (bef. 1050; ME lempet, OE lempedu, alter. of *lepedu < L lepada, acc. of lepas < Gk lepás limpet)
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1. (noun) limpet
mollusk with a low conical shell
2. (noun) limpet
any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
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1. (noun) limpet
in a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell
2. (noun) limpet
any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides
3. (noun) limpet
any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks
4. (noun) limpet
a keyhole limpet. See Fissurella
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Sense: a type of small, cone-shaped shellfish that fastens itself very firmly to rocks.
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 Afrikaans: klipmossel |
 Arabic: بَطْلينوس: حَيوان من الرّ |
 Bulgarian: вид мида |
 Brazilian: lapa |
 Czech: přílipka; kuželnatka |
 German: die Napfschnecke |
 Danish: albueskæl |
 Greek: πεταλίδα |
 Spanish: lapa |
 Estonian: meritigu |
 Farsi: صدف کوهی |
 Finnish: maljakotilo |
 French: bernique |
 Hebrew: שַׁבּלוּל עֲלוּקָה |
 Hindi: घोंघा |
 Croatian: lupar, priljepak |
 Hungarian: tapadó tengeri csiga |
 Indonesian: teritip |
 Icelandic: sæsnigill af þarahettuætt |
 Italian: patella |
 Japanese: かさがい |
 Korean: 삿갓조개 비슷한 권패(卷貝) |
 Lithuanian: geldelė |
 Malay: siput |
 Dutch: zeeslak |
 Norwegian: syrin |
 Polish: !!skałoczep |
 Persian: صدف کوهی |
 Pashto: غرنى صدف |
 Portuguese: lapa |
 Romanian: melc turtit, scoică necom |
 Russian: блюдечко |
 Slovak: mištička; kužeľovka |
 Slovenian: prilepek |
 Serbian: prilepak |
 Swedish: skålsnäcka |
 Thai: หอยทะเลที่มักพบติดอยู่ตาม |
 Turkish: deniz salyangozu |
 Taiwanese: 笠貝 |
 Ukrainian: блюдечко |
 Urdu: ایک قسم کا گھونگا |
 Vietnamese: con hà |
 Chinese: 帽贝 |
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