COMMON LIMPET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common limpet mean? 

• COMMON LIMPET (noun)
  The noun COMMON LIMPET has 1 sense:

1. marine limpet

  Familiarity information: COMMON LIMPET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON LIMPET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine limpet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common limpet; Patella vulgata

Hypernyms ("common limpet" is a kind of...):

limpet (any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas)

Holonyms ("common limpet" is a member of...):

genus Patella; Patella (type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets)