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• n  mollusk with a low conical shell
• n  any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas

• Michelle Sheather, an Australian, was on the Rainbow Warrior when the French blew it up, and had left the ship 15 minutes before the limpet mines went off.
• A vaccine developed at Memorial Sloan-Kettering binds a protein from a limpet to seven different types of sugars and a protein fragment found only on cancer cells, and saponin, a .
• The Ertzaintza said "abundant" documentation was found, plus a workshop for making the limpet bombs ETA likes to attach to the undersides of victims' cars.

News & Articles

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• Assassination attempt on Gerry Adams unearthed in report into murder of Pat Finucane
  A loyalist plot to kill Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams will emerge as part of the report on the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. The plan was to kill him by attaching a limpet mine to his car.
  June 29, 2013 - Irish Central

Quotes

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• Jenson Button in SkySports
  I couldn't get him off me,said Button senior, clutching a champagne flute. "He was like a limpet, crying his eyes out. He was just saying 'I am world champion ' - well, screaming it - non stop."
• Sir Ian Blair in guardian.co.uk
  Asked how close to quitting he had come, Blair said: "Quite a way off. I'm a bit of a limpet really. I did not at any stage consider resigning."
• Johnny Nelson in Sportinglife.com
  An unapologetic Nelson said of the knockdown: "I was more embarrassed than anything. He got me with a cracking shot on top of the head but afterwards I did what I should have done. I hung on like a limpet. I love a hostile environment. I love a...