limpet

(Angielski)

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.

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈlɪm.pɪt/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: lempet

Dziedziczone z staroangielski: 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.

Koncepcje

czaszołki

skałoczep

Synonimy

cockleshell

common limpet

Tłumaczenia

lapa

patella

patelle

πεταλίδα

bernique

lapa

lapas

Napfschnecke

lampotte

pegellida

Docoglossa

patela

konik kabuklu deniz salyangoz

البطلينوس

pitalinez