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One might expect them to stick to rock (7)

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limpets

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(Other definitions for limpets that I've seen before include "Proverbially clingy marine gastropods" , "'Molluscs, they cling to rocks (7)'" , "Marine molluscs that cling tightly to rocks" .)

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