| n. | 1. | (Zool.) In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell. |
| 2. | Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order | |
| 3. | Somthing or someone that clings tenaciously to another object or person; | |
| 3. | Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks. | |
| 4. | A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella. |
| Noun | 1. | limpet - mollusk with a low conical shell |
| 2. | limpet - any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas |
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