limpet
Kelime Anlamı :

1. Deniz minaresi.
2. deniz kulağı.
3. deniz salyangozu.
4. denizkozalak.
5. kayalara yapışık duran konik kabuklu bir deniz hayvanı.
6. (isim) deniz minaresi.
7. karındanayaklılar familyasından bir canlı.
Tanımlar :
1. any of numerous marine gastropod mollusks, as of the families Acmaeidae and Patellidae, characteristically having a conical shell and adhering to rocks of tidal areas.
2. one that clings persistently.
3. A type of explosive designed to cling to the hull of a ship and detonate on contact or signal.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.
2. someone dependant; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. in a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell.
2. any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.
3. Somthing or someone that clings tenaciously to another object or person
4. any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
5. A keyhole limpet. see Fissurella.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A marine docoglossate gastropod with an open conical shell imperforate at the apex.
2. some mollusk resembling the foregoing, at least in shape of the shell.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.