limpet

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

limpetslimpin

1.
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.
(British)Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
He stuck to me like a limpet all day!

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verb

V_es/s

limpets

V_ing/Gerund

limpeting

V_ed/pp

limpetedlimpin

1.
To gather limpets.

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From Middle English lempet, from Old English lempedu (lamprey), borrowed from lampreda, alteration of lampetra (lamprey), whose further origin is unknown, though is traditionally thought to derive from lambō (to lick, lap) + petra (stone, rock). lamprey, which came through -.