limpets in English

noun
1
a marine mollusk with a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot, noted for the way it clings tightly to rocks.
Entering the water from the shore, the first animal we spot may well be a mollusc such as a limpet or dog-whelk.

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1. 2 Limpets, snails and octopuses are mollusks.

2. Sea urchins, chitons, limpets and psarrot fish feed on Coralline algae

3. Anemones will feed on small fish, snails, limpets, crabs and other marine life

4. Small businesses and lock-up garages cling to these spaces like limpets in a cave.

5. This will be difficult to carry out on barnacles, but comparatively easy for mussels, limpets or other snails.

6. Limpets are likely to vie for status as one of the most abundant types of animals found at some vents.

7. International researchers want to figure out if there's a direct connection between the growing volcano activity and the increase in marine life there, such as shrimp, crab, limpets and barnacles.

8. The intertidal strip displayszonation—from the sea grass at the bottom up through strata of sea anemones andmussels and barnacles to the limpets at the top—all within a few steps. Sentencedict.com