limpet

(Inglés)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈlɪm.pɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: lempet

Heredado de inglés antiguo: 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.

Conceptos

lapa

patela

Sinónimos

cockleshell

common limpet

Traducciones

patelle

patella

bernique

lapa

πεταλίδα

pegellida

lampotte

Napfschnecke

lapas

czaszołki

skałoczep

concha

Docoglossa

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