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Definition of Limpets
1. limpet [n] - See also: limpet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limpets
Literary usage of Limpets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Conchological Manual by George Brettingham Sowerby (1852)
"Septa of limpets. The septa of limpets assume a variety of forms, the principal
of which will be seen in the accompanying engravings. ..."
2. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1866)
"But the clergy did not go to the "ebb" to collect their whelks and limpets, that
we may be pretty sure of, it would be at variance with all known clerical ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"By means of a muscular, sucker-like foot, the limpets adhere so firmly to rocks
... In Europe limpets are utilized as food and in this country for bait. ..."
4. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"Degradation of Body and Mind. — Powers of Mimicry. — Notions of Barter. Causes of
their low State of Cultivation. — Their Food. — limpets. ..."
5. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"Degradation of Body and Mind.—Powers of Mimicry.—Notions of Barter. —Causes of
their low State of Cultivation.—Their Food.—limpets. ..."
6. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"... Scallops, Periwinkles, limpets, and Whelks, are of inferior moment as aliments.
They are principally used by the poorer inhabitants on the coast, ..."
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