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語源

From Middle English lempet, from 古期英語 lempedu (“lamprey”), borrowed from Medieval Latin lampreda, alteration of Late Latin lampetra (“lamprey”), whose further origin is unknown, though is traditionally thought to derive from lambō (“I lick, lap”) + petra (“stone, rock”). Doublet of lamprey, which came through Old French.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪm.pɪt/

名詞

limpet (複数形 limpets)

1. A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.
2. (Britain) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.

   He stuck to me like a limpet all day!

派生語

• limpet mine

参照

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “limpet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• limpet on Wikipedia.
• Patellidae on Wikispecies.

アナグラム

• timple