limpet : Idioms & Phrases

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Bonnet limpet

  • (Zoöl.), a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family Calyptræidæ).
Webster 1913

common limpet

  • noun marine limpet
    Patella vulgata.
WordNet

Duck's-bill limpet

  • (Zoöl.), a limpet of the genus Parmaphorus; so named from its shape.
Webster 1913

freshwater limpet

  • noun minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants
    Ancylus fluviatilis; freshwater limpet.
WordNet

Keyhole limpet

  • noun marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex
    Fissurella apertura; Diodora apertura.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a marine gastropod of the genus Fissurella and allied genera. See Fissurella.
Webster 1913

River limpet

  • noun minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants
    Ancylus fluviatilis; freshwater limpet.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus Ancylus, having a limpet-shaped shell.
Webster 1913

Slipper limpet, ∨ Slipper shell

  • (Zoöl.), a boat shell.
Webster 1913