| 单词 | horseshoe crab |
| 释义 | horseshoe crabnouna large marine arthropod, Limulus polyphemus, of shallow coastal waters of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having both compound and simple eyes, book gills, a stiff tail, and a brown carapace curved like a horseshoe: a living fossil related to the woodlouse. Also called king crab. Origin of horseshoe crabFirst recorded in 1765–75 Words nearby horseshoe crabhorseshit, horseshoe, horseshoe arch, horseshoe back, horseshoe bat, horseshoe crab, horseshoe fern, horseshoe fistula, horseshoe kidney, horseshoe magnet, horseshoes Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for horseshoe crab
British Dictionary definitions for horseshoe crabhorseshoe crab nounany marine chelicerate arthropod of the genus Limulus, of North America and Asia, having a rounded heavily armoured body with a long pointed tail: class MerostomataAlso called: king crab Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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