Limpet
English Meaning
In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell.
- Any of numerous marine gastropod mollusks, as of the families Acmaeidae and Patellidae, characteristically having a conical shell and adhering to rocks of tidal areas.
- One that clings persistently.
- A type of explosive designed to cling to the hull of a ship and detonate on contact or signal.