limpet

(Engels)

Noun

1. 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.
2. (British) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.

Verb

To gather limpets.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlɪm.pɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lempet

Geërf van Old English: lempedu

In summary

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 (“I lick, lap”) + petra (“stone, rock”). Doublet of lamprey, which came through Old French.

Sinonieme

cockleshell

common limpet

Vertalings

lapa

patella

patelle

bernique

lapa

πεταλίδα

Napfschnecke

pegellida

lampotte

lapas

skałoczep

concha

Docoglossa

patela

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