资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Limpet \Lim"pet\ (l[i^]m"p[e^]t), n. [Prob. through French fr.
   L. lepas, -adis, Gr. lepa`s, -a`dos.] (Zo["o]l.)
   1. In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod
      shell.

   2. Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order
      Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.

   Note: The common European limpets of the genus {Patella}
         (esp. {P. vulgata}) are extensively used as food. The
         common New England species is {Acm[ae]a testudinalis}.
         Numerous species of limpets occur on the Pacific coast
         of America, some of them of large size.

   3. Any species of {Siphonaria}, a genus of limpet-shaped
      Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.

   4. A keyhole limpet. See {Fissurella}.