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limpets

limpets is the plural of limpet.

limpets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of limpet.

Meaning of limpet

Noun

limpet (plural limpets)

  1. 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.
  2. (UK) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
    • He stuck to me like a limpet all day!

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Phrases with limpets

Questions about limpets

What is limpets the plural of?
Limpets is the plural of limpet.

Words near limpets in the dictionary

  1. limpet mines
  2. limpeted
  3. limpeth
  4. limpeting
  5. limpetlike
  6. limpets
  7. limphatic
  8. limpid
  9. limpidities
  10. limpidity
  11. limpidly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: limpets (page history and authors); limpet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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