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Showing words for LIMPET using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Limpet

limpet

5 Letter Words for Limpet

impel, tiple

4 Letter Words for Limpet

emit, empt, epil, epit, itel, item, lime, limp, lipe, lite, melt, mile, milt, mite, pelt, piet, pile, pilm, plie, plim, teil, teli, temp, tile, time, tipe

3 Letter Words for Limpet

eli, elm, elt, emp, epi, ile, imp, ipl, ipm, lei, lem, lep, let, lie, lim, lip, lit, lpm, ltm, mei, mel, met, mil, mit, pel, pet, pie, pil, pit, pli, pmt, pte, tel, tem, tie, til, tim, tip, tpi, tpm

Definitions for Limpet

[1] any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
[2] any of numerous marine gastropods, such as Patella vulgata (common limpet ) and Fissurella (or Diodora ) apertura (keyhole limpet ), that have a conical shell and are found clinging to rocks
[3] any of various similar freshwater gastropods, such as Ancylus fluviatilis (river limpet )
[4] (modifier) relating to or denoting certain weapons that are attached to their targets by magnetic or adhesive properties and resist removal limpet mines
[5] a small open caisson shaped to fit against a dock wall, used mainly in repair work

Words related to Limpet

mine, clam, abalone, snail, whelk, chiton, cuttlefish

Words nearby Limpet

limousine, limousine liberal, limp, limp wrist, limp-wristed, limpet, limpid, limpkin, limpopo, limpsy, limulus

Origin of Limpet

before 1050; Middle English lempet, Old English lempedu, nasalized variant of *lepedu < Latin lepada, accusative of lepas < Greek lepás limpet

Word origin for Limpet

Old English lempedu, from Latin lepas, from Greek

Synonyms for Limpet

booby trap, mine, acoustic mine, antipersonnel mine, claymore mine, ground mine, magnetic mine, pressure mine