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• The rock surface of a rockpool is the substrate for a sessile organism such as a limpet.From the entry substrate
• The gull subsists chiefly on limpets and other shell-bearing mollusks.1922 April, Robert Cushman Murphy, “South Georgia, An Outpost of the Antarctic”, in National Geographic, volume 41, number 4, page 429. From the entry break-bones
• Limpet said the effect of this method was to give "Vibration," an explanation which left the curate hopelessly befogged.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 75. From the entry befogged
• Limpet ejaculated "Pah!" like a man bitterly tired of life.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 12. From the entry pah
• Kinoids are composed of inactivated cytokines conjugated to a carrier protein, keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), and are then injected as an emulsion with an adjuvant.2013 February, Bernard R. Lauwerys, Eric Hachulla, François Spertini et al., “Down-regulation of interferon signature in systemic lupus…. From the entry kinoid
• Papers on cocculinellid limpets and southern Australian Triphoridae were published, and papers on deep-sea pectinodontine, cocculinid, and pseudococculinid limpets are ready for submission.1981, New Zealand Marine Sciences Newsletter, page 76. From the entry cocculinellid
• Conjurors and parsons were brought in, who for a time bound the troublesome ghost to emptying Dozmary Pool on Bodmin with a "croggan" or limpet shell.2005, Jennifer Westwood, Jacqueline Simpson, The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-Heeled Jack to the Witches of…. From the entry croggan
• There it was, right in the middle of my forehead - the biggest, blindest, reddest pimple I'd ever seen, just hanging there like a limpet mine.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 28. From the entry blind
• Limpet was out, but with a deal of struggling he managed to screw himself through the fanlight, removing in that process the dust of many ages.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 90. From the entry fanlight
• Recent work has shown that the teeth of limpets approximate to an almost ideal model natural composite material where high aspect ratio mineral nanofibres of goethite reinforce a protein matrix.2015 February 18, Asa H. Barber, Dun Lu, Nicola M. Pugno, “Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth”, in Journal of the Royal Society…. From the entry goethite

Meaning of limpet

1. noun 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. noun Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
3. verb To gather limpets.

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How do you use limpet in a sentence?

Limpet is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He stuck to me like a limpet all day!”

What is a short sentence with limpet?

“He stuck to me like a limpet all day!”

What does limpet mean?

Limpet means 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.