limpet
Example Sentences
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Limpet evicted, Lima took out an iPhone and began to download data, including hourly temperature measurements recorded over the past year.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023
His alter-ego would scare few: Meticulous-Man, or perhaps the Ginger Limpet.
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2013
A few passers-by stopped to listen to the two foreigners, who danced around, growing ever more noisy; but Limpet and O'Brien stood firm.
From A Girl Among the Anarchists by Meredith, Isabel
When the tide is out, the Limpet clings to the rock, its soft body tucked safely away in the shell.
From On the Seashore by Smith, R. Cadwallader
These are called bi-valves; that is, two valves or shells; and others, like the Garden Snail, the Limpet, and Periwinkle, have one shell only, and so are called uni-valves.
From On the Seashore by Smith, R. Cadwallader
