limpet
/ˈlɪmpɪt/
noun
- A small sea creature with a cone-shaped shell that clings very tightly to rocks.
- At low tide, we saw hundreds of limpets attached to the rocks along the shore.
- She collected a few empty limpet shells to use in her art project.
- The limpet uses its strong foot to hold on so tightly that it is hard to remove.
- A person who clings to someone or something and is very hard to get rid of.
- Once she decides to join a project, she is a limpet and sees it through to the end.
- He was a limpet, following his older brother everywhere and refusing to leave.
- The reporter was a limpet, sticking to the politician's side all day for an interview.