limpet
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈlɪmpɪt/
:
lapa
- As the tide receded, I noticed numerous limpets nestled in the crevices of the rocks.
You see, like those sand fleas and limpets and krill, though these krill in particular are dead and helping the fleas, like all of us, waving a hand like a answer.
- You see, like those sand fleas and limpets and krill, though these krill in particular are dead and helping the fleas, like all of us, waving a hand like a answer.
Examples
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The tide pools at Weston Beach, while not the best on the coast, provide many kinds of snails and limpets, sea anemones, sea urchins, and some sea stars.
Academic text (2006) -
Chuck wades in the water, stops by a rock covered with limpets.
Fiction book (2000) -
On some rocks, he sees clusters of limpets.
Fiction book (2000) -
Most of the rocks had one or two Antarctic limpets grazing on them.
Academic text (1992) -
Scattered across the sand lie a few flaked cobbles and plentiful shells of limpets and red and black abalone.
Academic text (2007) -
Children came to play hide-and-seek among the rocks and to hunt for tadpoles, limpets, and dragonfly nymphs in the shallow pools.
Fiction book (2002) -
Anne served them a good supper of boiled limpets because not only were the little shellfish plentiful and tasty, their knuckle-sized disk-shaped shells usually gave the children much entertainment.
Fiction book (1994) -
The rocky shore was covered with small limpets clinging tightly to the surface.
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Limpets attach themselves firmly to rocks, making them difficult to remove.
Compounds
A small cone-shaped freshwater snail that lives on stones and plants and eats algae
Surface Forms
Etymology
Limpet comes from an old English name for this small shellfish and highlights the animal's famous habit: it 'clings' or 'sticks' very tightly to rocks with a strong foot, almost as if it is glued there.