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lim|pet «LIHM piht», noun.

a small sea animal that clings tightly to rocks, used for bait and sometimes for food. It is a marine mollusk, of the same class as snails, and has a tent-shaped shell.

╂[Old English lempedu (perhaps with diminutive -t) < Medieval Latin lampreda. See etym. of doublet lamprey. (Cf. ↑lamprey)]