limpet
nounAny of numerous marine gastropod mollusks that have a conical shell and often adhere to rocks in intertidal areas, especially those of the order Patellogastropoda.
nounOne that clings persistently.
nounA type of explosive designed to cling to the hull of a ship and detonate on contact or signal.
nounA marine docoglossate gastropod with an open conical shell imperforate at the apex.
nounSome mollusk resembling the foregoing, at least in shape of the shell.
nounIn a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell.
nounAny one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.
nounSomthing or someone that clings tenaciously to another object or person
nounAny species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
nounA keyhole limpet. See
