Limpet

  • 21limpet — noun Etymology: Middle English lempet, from Old English lempedu, from Medieval Latin lampreda lamprey Date: before 12th century 1. a marine gastropod mollusk (especially families Acmaeidae and Patellidae) that has a low conical shell broadly open …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22limpet — to chew limpets and eject them from the mouth upon the water in order to attract fish to the boat (Shetland and Orkneys dialect) …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 23limpet — lim·pet (limґpət) any of various snaillike marine gastropods with cone shaped shells, of the order Aspidobranchia, subclass Streptoneura …

    Medical dictionary

  • 24limpet — Synonyms and related words: Chilopoda, Chordata, Dungeness crab, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Japanese crab, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, adherent, adhesive, barnacle, blue point, bramble, brier, bulldog, burr, cement, clam,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25limpet — lim|pet [ lımpət ] noun count 1. ) a small sea animal that has a shell and sticks tightly to rocks 2. ) someone who always wants to be with another person and refuses to leave them …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26limpet — see LAMPREY …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 27limpet — lim·pet || lɪmpɪt n. marine mollusk with a cone shaped shell which adheres to rocks along the shoreline; one who refuses to let go, one who clings …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 28limpet — noun (C) a small sea animal with a shell, which holds tightly onto the rock where it lives …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29limpet — lim·pet …

    English syllables

  • 30limpet — see LAMPREY …

    Word origins