What is patelle? patelle is limpets
What is limpets?
- (ANAT). Rotula.
(ANAT). Kneecap.
- (ZOOL). Nome com. di vari molluschi commestibili, frequenti nei mari italiani; hanno conchiglia conica e piede largo quanto il margine della conchiglia, per mezzo del quale aderiscono agli scogli.
(ZOOL). Com. name of various edible molluscs, frequent in the Italian seas; they have a conical shell and a foot as wide as the edge of the shell, by means of which they adhere to the rocks.