Date: Mon Feb 8 00:04:45 EST 1999
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--limpet

limpet (LIM-pit) noun

1. Any of numerous marine gastropod mollusks, as of the families Acmaeidae and Patellidae, characteristically having a conical shell and adhering to rocks of tidal areas.

2. One that clings persistently.

3. A type of explosive designed to cling to the hull of a ship and detonate on contact or signal, or timer.