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单词 limpet
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limpet

noun
/ˈlɪmpɪt/
/ˈlɪmpɪt/
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  1. a small shellfish that sticks very tightly to rocks
    • The Prime Minister clung to his job like a limpet, despite calls for him to resign.
    Topics Fish and shellfishc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLimpet is used before these nouns:
    • mine
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    Word OriginOld English lempedu, from medieval Latin lampreda ‘limpet, lamprey’.
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