Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - limpet
Limpet
limpet
n. 1 any of various marine gastropod molluscs, esp. the common limpet Patella vulgata, with a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot that sticks tightly to rocks. 2 a clinging person. Phrases and idioms limpet mine a mine designed to be attached to a ship's hull and set to explode after a certain time. Etymology: OE lempedu f. med.L lampreda limpet, LAMPREY
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noun Etymology: Middle English lempet, from Old English lempedu, from Medieval Latin lampreda lamprey Date: before 12th century a marine gastropod mollusk (especially families Acmaeidae and Patellidae) that has a low conical shell broadly open beneath, browses over rocks or timbers in the littoral area, and clings very tightly when disturbed, one that clings tenaciously to someone or something, an explosive device designed to cling magnetically to a metallic surface (as the hull of a ship) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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