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RIVER LIMPET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants
Synonyms:
Ancylus fluviatilis; freshwater limpet; river limpet
Classified under:
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)