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Limpet vs Cyclobranchiate - What's the difference?

limpet | cyclobranchiate |

As a noun limpet

is a small mollusc, of the family patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.

As an adjective cyclobranchiate is

(zoology) having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets do.

limpet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.
  • (rft-sense) (British) Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
    • He stuck to me like a limpet all day!

    Derived terms

    * limpet mine

    External links

    * ("limpet" on Wikipedia) * (Patellidae)

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    cyclobranchiate

    English

    Adjective

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  • (zoology) Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets do.
    • (Webster 1913)