limpet

noun

Any of numerous marine gastropod mollusks that have a conical shell and often adhere to rocks in intertidal areas, especially those of the order Patellogastropoda.

noun

One that clings persistently.

noun

A type of explosive designed to cling to the hull of a ship and detonate on contact or signal.

noun

A marine docoglossate gastropod with an open conical shell imperforate at the apex.

noun

Some mollusk resembling the foregoing, at least in shape of the shell.

noun

In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell.

noun

Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.

noun

Somthing or someone that clings tenaciously to another object or person

noun

Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.

noun

A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.