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limpet: tags: [zoology]

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Definition:

1. A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.
2. [Britain] Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.

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The sinewy hand that had temporarily distracted the Captain’s unwelcome attentions was attached like a limpet to my forearm.

Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)

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The shore was strewn with molluscs, little mussels, and limpets.

Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.

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I continued three days feeding on oysters and limpets, to save my own provisions; and I fortunately found a brook of excellent water, which gave me great relief.

Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)

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He'd told Mike and me stories about a sea kingdom ruled by a gang of ruthless mud snails and the brave keyhole limpet who tried to overthrow them.

Sue Monk Kidd. The Mermaid Chair, p.79 (2005)

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Blackadder: I want you to stick to him like a limpet, and make sure he doesn't leave the hospital.

BBC. Blackadder, season 4: General Hospital