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Definition of Freshwater limpet
1. Noun. Minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants.
Generic synonyms: Gastropod, Univalve
Group relationships: Ancylus, Genus Ancylus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freshwater Limpet
Literary usage of Freshwater limpet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"... JOHN E. The freshwater limpet, Ancylus fluviatilis. ' Halifax Naturalist,' v.
50-57, 1900. CUNNINGHAM, J. Norland Clough : 3, Animal Life : iii. Birds. ..."
2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1908)
"... with two specimens of the little freshwater limpet Ancylus lacustris attached
to its elytra —JR LE B. TOMLIN, Stoneley, Reading : January, 1908. ..."
3. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1882)
"... (Johnston) This freshwater limpet, originally described frc specimens, inhabits
the hill-streams of the 1 Range, near Adelaide. ..."
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