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limpet    
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limpet
n 1: mollusk with a low conical shell
2: any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical
shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas

Limpet \Lim"pet\ (l[i^]m"p[e^]t), n. [Prob. through French fr.
L. lepas, -adis, Gr. lepa`s, -a`dos.] (Zool.)
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
{Docoglossa}, mostly found adhering to rocks, between
tides.
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Note: The common European limpets of the genus {Patella}
(esp. {Patella 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.
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3. Hence: Somthing or someone that clings tenaciously to
another object or person; specifically a military
explosive device having magnets allowing it to cling to a
metallic target object, such as the hull of a ship.
[PJC]

3. Any species of {Siphonaria}, a genus of limpet-shaped
Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
[1913 Webster]

4. A keyhole limpet. See {Fissurella}.
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