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 Lim·pet n.  Zool.
 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. Patella vulgata) are extensively used as food. The common New England species is Acmæa 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.
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 Pa·tel·la n.; pl. Patellæ
 1. A small dish, pan, or vase.
 2. Anat. The kneecap; the kneepan; the cap of the knee.
 3. Zool. A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets.  The shell has the form of a flattened cone.  The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.
 4. Bot. A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.
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 Patella vulgata
      n : marine limpet [syn: common limpet]