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FRESHWATER LIMPET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does freshwater limpet mean? 

FRESHWATER LIMPET (noun)
  The noun FRESHWATER LIMPET has 1 sense:

1. minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plantsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FRESHWATER LIMPET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ancylus fluviatilis; freshwater limpet; river limpet

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

gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

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

Ancylus; genus Ancylus (type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet)


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