英语词汇“limpet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

limpet

/ˈlɪmpɪt

noun

1A marine mollusc which has a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot, found clinging tightly to rocks.

Patellidae, Fissurellidae (the keyhole limpets), and other families, class Gastropoda: numerous species, including the common limpet (Patella vulgata).

Entering the water from the shore, the first animal we spot may well be a mollusc such as a limpet or dog-whelk....

Barnacles are crustaceans like crabs and shrimps but, because of their appearance, until the 19th century they were thought to be molluscs like limpets and whelks.
Brains of limpets and abalones are much simpler than brains of garden snails and slugs in histological differentiation.

1.1Used in comparisons to refer to people and things that cling tightly: the couples on the floor were clinging to each other like limpets

Old English lempedu, from medieval Latin lampreda 'limpet, lamprey'.

单词	limpet
释义	limpet /ˈlɪmpɪt / noun 1A marine mollusc which has a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot, found clinging tightly to rocks. Patellidae, Fissurellidae (the keyhole limpets), and other families, class Gastropoda: numerous species, including the common limpet (Patella vulgata). Entering the water from the shore, the first animal we spot may well be a mollusc such as a limpet or dog-whelk.... Barnacles are crustaceans like crabs and shrimps but, because of their appearance, until the 19th century they were thought to be molluscs like limpets and whelks. Brains of limpets and abalones are much simpler than brains of garden snails and slugs in histological differentiation. 1.1Used in comparisons to refer to people and things that cling tightly: the couples on the floor were clinging to each other like limpets Origin Old English lempedu, from medieval Latin lampreda 'limpet, lamprey'.
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