limpet

English

Common limpets (Patella vulgata) in Pembrokeshire, Wales

limpet (plural limpets)

A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.
(Britain) Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
He stuck to me like a limpet all day!

a small mollusc

Korean: 삿갓조개 (satgatjogae)
Macedonian: прилепец m (prilepec)
Maori: ngākihi, kākihi, piritoka
Norman: baîni m (Jersey), fllie f (Guernsey)
Portuguese: lapa (pt) f
Russian: блю́дечко (моллю́ск) n (bljúdečko (molljúsk)), морско́е блю́дечко (morskóje bljúdečko)
Spanish: lapa (es) f
Swedish: skålsnäcka c
Welsh: llygad maharen m, cragen maharen f, brenigen f, cogwrn m

someone dependant

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