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Noun: limpet  lim-pit
  1. Mollusk with a low conical shell
     
  2. Any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas

Derived forms: limpets

Type of: seasnail, shellfish

Part of: class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda

Encyclopedia: Limpet

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