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