資料來源 : 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}.