LIMPET
Limpet
Limpet is a common name most often applied to true limpets, a taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs which have a simple broadly conical shell that, unlike the shell of most snails, is not coiled. True limpets are often found living on hard surfaces in the intertidal zone. Although true limpets are not permanently attached to a hard surface like a barnacle, when they are disturbed or need to resist strong wave action, limpets cling extremely tightly and strongly to the hard surface on which they live, using their muscular foot. A true limpet will often allow itself to be destroyed rather than give up its hold on a rock. As a result of this ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Limpet
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limpet
Noun
- A small mollusc, of the family '''' with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.
- Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
- He stuck to me like a limpet all day!
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