Noun: freshwater limpet
- Minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants
"freshwater limpets were found attached to the aquatic vegetation";
- river limpet, Ancylus fluviatilis
Derived forms: freshwater limpets
Type of: gasteropod [archaic], gastropod, univalve
Part of: Ancylus, genus Ancylus
Encyclopedia: Freshwater limpet