RIVER LIMPET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does river limpet mean? 

• RIVER LIMPET (noun)
  The noun RIVER LIMPET has 1 sense:

1. minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants

  Familiarity information: RIVER LIMPET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIVER LIMPET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ancylus fluviatilis; freshwater limpet; river limpet

Hypernyms ("river limpet" is a kind of...):

gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

Holonyms ("river limpet" is a member of...):

Ancylus; genus Ancylus (type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet)