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limpet Definition


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limpet
noun
    1. Any of various marine gastropod molluscs that have a ridged conical shell and cling firmly to rock surfaces by means of a muscular foot.
    2. derog
      Someone who is difficult to get rid of.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon lempedu, from Latin lampreda, from lambere to lick + petra a stone.



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