limpet
Example Sentences
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First he had to pry off an interloper: a limpet, a coin-size, hat-shaped snail that normally clings tenaciously to tidal zone rocks but had taken up residence on the gray epoxy seal protecting the sensor.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2023
Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
In April the Saviz, an Iranian vessel anchored in the southern Red Sea, suffered damage to its hull believed to have been caused by limpet mines.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2021
Cyber Command had decided to target an Iranian spy group that had supported limpet mine attacks on commercial ships last week.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 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
