limpet
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
limpet/ˈlɪmpɪt/
▶noun a marine mollusc with a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot for clinging tightly to rocks. [Patella vulgata and other species.]
– origin OE lempedu, from med. L. lampreda ‘limpet, lamprey’.
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