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lapa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clingy adj Overly dependent on or attached to another person, especially a partner.
  • limpet noun Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.

Senses

lapa is used for these senses in English:

  • clingy (informal, usually, derogatory) Pathetically attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other.
  • limpet Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
  • macaw Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.

clingy — full definition

  1. adj Overly dependent on or attached to another person, especially a partner.
  2. adj Tending to stick to a surface.

limpet — full definition

  1. noun Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
  2. noun Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.

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