limpet
Example Sentences
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An increased heart rate can mean the limpet is experiencing heat stress, Lima, Seabra, and colleagues noted in a 2016 study.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023
Use the colorful Olympic Coast National Marine Life Sanctuary guide if you can’t tell a limpet from a clam.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2021
Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers.
From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2021
Other information appears to confirm that the object was an unexploded limpet mine.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2019
Her fevered mind fastened like a limpet onto the notion that Estha was somehow responsible for Sophie Mol’s death.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
