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: a marine gastropod mollusk (especially families Acmaeidae and Patellidae) that has a low conical shell broadly open beneath, browses over rocks or timbers in the littoral area, and clings very tightly when disturbed
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: one that clings tenaciously to someone or something
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: an explosive device designed to cling magnetically to a metallic surface (such as the hull of a ship)
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In June, the US accused Iran of using limpet mines to blow holes in two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as shooting down a US drone.
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Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2019
There are a bunch of different kinds of poke, a bunch of ahi, some crab poke, salmon poke, even poke with limpets, these little sand dollar things.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2024
Like everything else that was bigger than a sand grain inside the coffin, the limpets were doomed to be subjected that evening, in the now cheerful atmosphere of the Atlantis II’s main lab, to what deep-sea biologists call a sorting frenzy.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Some of the limpets made a desperate (albeit nearly imperceptibly slow) break for freedom up the sides of the coffin.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2019
There are a bunch of different kinds of poke, a bunch of ahi, some crab poke, salmon poke, even poke with limpets, these little sand dollar things.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2024
Like everything else that was bigger than a sand grain inside the coffin, the limpets were doomed to be subjected that evening, in the now cheerful atmosphere of the Atlantis II’s main lab, to what deep-sea biologists call a sorting frenzy.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Some of the limpets made a desperate (albeit nearly imperceptibly slow) break for freedom up the sides of the coffin.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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limpet
noun
lim·pet
ˈlim-pət 
: a marine mollusk that has a low cone-shaped shell, moves over rocks or timbers feeding on food found there, and clings very tightly when disturbed
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