limpet
Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape and a strong, muscular foot that…Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
Meaning
2 sensesAny of various gastropods with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
(UK)Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
He stuck to me like a limpet all day!
Anhang, Anhängsel, Napfschnecke
блю́дечко, морско́е блю́дечкоmorskóje bljúdečko
Examples
1 sentencesShe stuck to his back like a limpet.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lempet, from Old English lempedu (“lamprey”), borrowed from Medieval LFrom Middle English lempet, from Old English lempedu (“lamprey”), borrowed from Medieval Latin lampreda, alteration of Late Latin lampetra (“lamprey”), whose further origin is unknown, though is traditionally thought to derive from lambō (“to lick, lap”) + petra (“stone, rock”). Doublet of lamprey, which came through Old French.
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