Found 3 hits - Term: keyhole limpet, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
keyhole \key"hole`\, n.
1. a hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
1913 webster
2.
a carp. a hole or excavation in beams intended to be
joined together, to receive the key which fastens
them.
b mach. a mortise for a key or cotter.
1913 webster
keyhole limpet zool., a marine gastropod of the genus
fissurella and allied genera. see fissurella.
keyhole saw, a narrow, slender saw, used in cutting
keyholes, etc., as in doors; a kind of compass saw or fret
saw.
keyhole urchin zool., any one of numerous clypeastroid
sea urchins, of the genera melitta, rotula, and
encope; -- so called because they have one or more
perforations resembling keyholes.
1913 webster
see also:
keyhole limpet fissurella keyhole saw keyhole urchin melitta rotula
encope
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fissurella \fis`surel"la\, n. nl., dim. of l. fissura a
fissure. zool.
a genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or
limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also
keyhole limpet.
1913 webster
see also:
keyhole limpet
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
keyhole limpet
n : marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the
apex syn: fissurella apertura, diodora apertura
see also:
fissurella apertura diodora apertura
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