CUP-AND-SAUCER LIMPET


Meaning of CUP-AND-SAUCER LIMPET in English

noun

also cup-and-saucer

Etymology: so called from the shape of the inverted shell, the inner shelf of which resembles a cup sitting on the saucer-shaped outer shell

: a mollusk of the family Calyptraeidae

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