'Limpet' definitions:
Definition of 'limpet'
From: WordNet
noun
Mollusk with a low conical shell
noun
Any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
Definition of 'Limpet'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'limpet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- adhesive,
- barnacle,
- blue point,
- bramble,
- brier,
- bulldog,
- burr,
- cement,
- Chilopoda,
- Chordata,
- clam,
- coquillage,
- crab,
- crawdad,
- crawfish,
- crayfish,
- decal,
- decalcomania,
- Dungeness crab,
- Echiuroidea,
- Ectoprocta,
- Entoprocta,
- glue,
- gunk,
- Japanese crab,
- langouste,
- leech,
- littleneck clam,
- lobster,
- molasses,
- Monoplacophora,
- mucilage,
- mussel,
- Nemertinea,
- oyster,
- paste,
- periwinkle,
- Phoronidea,
- plaster,
- prawn,
- prickle,
- quahog,
- remora,
- scallop,
- shellfish,
- shrimp,
- snail,
- soft-shell crab,
- steamer,
- sticker,
- syrup,
- thorn,
- whelk