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horseshoe crab
(encz) | horseshoe crab, |
horseshoe crab
(gcide) | Limulus \Lim"u*lus\ (l[i^]m"[-u]*l[u^]s), n.; pl. Limuli
(-l[imac]). [L., dim. of limus sidelong, askance.] (Zool.)
The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a
few species from the East Indies, and one ({Limulus
polyphemus}) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called
also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and
horsefoot.
[1913 Webster] |
horseshoe crab
(wn) | horseshoe crab
n 1: large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North
America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a
horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related
to the wood louse [syn: horseshoe crab, king crab,
Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus] |
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asian horseshoe crab
(wn) | Asian horseshoe crab
n 1: horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia |
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