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Noun: freshwater limpet
  1. Minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants
    - river limpet, Ancylus fluviatilis

Derived forms: freshwater limpets

Type of: gasteropod [archaic], gastropod, univalve

Part of: Ancylus, genus Ancylus

Encyclopedia: Freshwater limpet