limpet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: limpet	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for limpet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limpet n mollusk with a low conical shell any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limpet \Lim"pet\ (l[icr]m"p[ecr]t), n. [Prob. through French fr. L. lepas, -adis, Gr. lepa`s, -a`dos.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell. 2. Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides. Note: The common European limpets of the genus {Patella} (esp. {P. vulgata}) are extensively used as food. The common New England species is {Acm[91]a testudinalis}. Numerous species of limpets occur on the Pacific coast of America, some of them of large size. 3. Any species of {Siphonaria}, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks. 4. A keyhole limpet. See {Fissurella}.