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limpet

/lim-pit/US // ˈlɪm pɪt //UK // (ˈlɪmpɪt) //

帽贝,玳瑁,毯子,帽虫

Related Words

booby trap诱杀装置,诱捕装置,诱杀器,诱杀剂mine矿井,我的,矿山,矿场clam蛤蜊,蛤蛤,蛤,蛤蛎abalone鲍鱼snail蜗牛,螺蛳壳,蜗居,螺蛳粉whelk海螺,海螺号,海螺的作用,麦穗chiton壳cuttlefish墨鱼,乌贼,鱿鱼,鲗鱼acoustic mine声矿,声雷,声学矿井,声学地雷claymore mine克雷莫尔矿,克雷莫尔矿区,克雷莫尔矿场,克雷莫尔煤矿magnetic mine磁矿,磁性矿,磁性矿山,磁铁矿

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inland mine
Synonyms
booby trap诱杀装置,诱捕装置,诱杀器,诱杀剂mine矿井,我的,矿山,矿场acoustic mine声矿,声雷,声学矿井,声学地雷antipersonnel mine杀伤人员地雷,杀人地雷,杀伤性地雷,杀伤性水雷claymore mine克雷莫尔矿,克雷莫尔矿区,克雷莫尔矿场,克雷莫尔煤矿ground mine地矿,地雷,地地雷,地面矿magnetic mine磁矿,磁性矿,磁性矿山,磁铁矿pressure mine压力矿,压力矿井,压力矿山,压力矿场
as inmollusk
Synonyms
abalone鲍鱼clam蛤蜊,蛤蛤,蛤,蛤蛎snail蜗牛,螺蛳壳,蜗居,螺蛳粉chiton壳cuttlefish墨鱼,乌贼,鱿鱼,鲗鱼whelk海螺,海螺号,海螺的作用,麦穗

Examples

  • Four of those attacks used the same kind of magnetic limpet bomb, affixed to the vehicles of the targets.

  • Shell, rather limpet-like, with a hooked apex (whence its generic name), adheres to stones or piles in running water.

  • When the tide is out, the Limpet clings to the rock, its soft body tucked safely away in the shell.

  • Then the Limpet's shell may be seen to tilt up, and a foot, and a head with feelers and eyes, come out.

  • In time this resting-place becomes hollowed out, and the Limpet's shell fits into the groove thus made.

  • You will know, if you have tried to force a Limpet from its hold on the rock, how very tightly it clings.

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