Usually means: Marine mollusks, strong conical shells.
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  1. limpets: Merriam-Webster
  2. limpets: Collins English Dictionary
  3. limpets: Vocabulary.com
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  5. limpets: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. limpets: Wiktionary
  7. limpets: Dictionary.com
  8. Limpets: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (limpet)

noun:  Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
noun:  (British) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
verb:  To gather limpets.
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