cup-and-saucer limpet
noun
variants or less commonly cup-and-saucer
: a mollusk of the family Calyptraeidae
Word History
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
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