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Limpet

noun

Mollusk with a low conical shell.

Any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas.

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"Limpet" Quotes from Famous Books

... forth out of the obscurity of the past in my memory; her studio, I think, adjoined that of Gibson, of whom I remember nothing whatever. Her most notable production at that time was a Puck sitting on a toadstool, with a conical shell of the limpet species by way of a cap; he somehow resembled his animated and clever creator. Miss Hosmer's face, expressions, gestures, dress, and her manifestations in general were perfectly in keeping with one another; there never was a more succinct and distinct individuality; she was wholly unlike ...

— Hawthorne and His Circle • Julian Hawthorne

Words linked to "Limpet" : shellfish, class Gastropoda, Fissurella apertura, class Gasteropoda, Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Diodora apertura, freshwater limpet, common limpet, seasnail, Patella vulgata