limpet
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English lempet, from Old English lempedu (“lamprey”), borrowed from Medieval Latin lampreda, alteration of Late Latin lampetra (“lamprey”), whose further origin is unknown, though is traditionally thought to derive from lambō (“to lick, lap”) + petra (“stone, rock”). Doublet of lamprey, which came through Old French.
Inflected forms:
form: limpets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: limpin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: limpets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: limpeting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: limpeted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: limpeted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: limpin
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dialectal
Senses:
gloss: Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
pos: noun
gloss: Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: He stuck to me like a limpet all day!
gloss: To gather limpets.
pos: verb
examples: Mother visited the little cottage over the hill, and found Lisette's story to be quite correct; and many times the Frenchwoman blessed the day when Margie went limpeting and Lisette lent the old knife to the golden-haired little English lady.
Razor-fishing, sand-eeling and limpeting used to be popular activities but have declined in importance.
Derived words: black limpet
duck's-bill limpet
keyhole limpet
keyhole limpet hemocyanin
limpetlike
limpet mine
Translations:
lang: Asturian
word: llámpara
lang: Basque
word: lapa
lang: Breton
word: brennigenn
lang: Catalan
word: pagellida
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 帽貝 /帽贝
roman: mào bèi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 笠螺
roman: lì luó
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 笠貝 /笠贝
roman: lì bèi
lang: Cornish
word: brennik
lang: Cornish
word: brenigen
lang: Czech
word: přílipka
lang: Danish
word: albueskæl
lang: Dutch
word: napslak
lang: Finnish
word: maljakotilo
lang: French
word: patelle
lang: French
word: lampotte
lang: French
word: bernique
lang: Galician
word: lapa
lang: Galician
word: patela
lang: German
word: Napfschnecke
lang: Greek
word: πεταλίδα
roman: petalída
lang: Ancient Greek
word: λεπάς
roman: lepás
lang: Hawaiian
word: ʻopihi
lang: Hungarian
word: csészecsiga
lang: Hungarian
word: tapadókagyló
lang: Irish
word: bairneach
lang: Italian
word: patella
lang: Korean
word: 삿갓조개
roman: satgatjogae
lang: Latin
word: lepas
lang: Latin
word: mītulus
lang: Macedonian
word: прилепец
roman: prilepec
lang: Māori
word: ngākihi
lang: Māori
word: kākihi
lang: Māori
word: piritoka
lang: Norman
word: baîni
lang: Norman
word: fllie
lang: Polish
word: skałoczep
lang: Portuguese
word: lapa
lang: Russian
word: блю́дечко
lang: Russian
word: морско́е блю́дечко
roman: morskóje bljúdečko
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: bàirneach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: priljepak
lang: Spanish
word: lapa
lang: Swedish
word: skålsnäcka
lang: Turkish
word: Çin şapkası
lang: Vietnamese
word: con sao sao
lang: Welsh
word: llygad maharen
lang: Welsh
word: cragen maharen
lang: Welsh
word: brennig
lang: Welsh
word: cogwrn