limulus

lim·u·lus

L0176750 (lĭm′yə-ləs)n. pl. lim·u·li (-lī, -lē) See horseshoe crab.

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[Latin līmulus, sidelong (from its motion), diminutive of līmus.]

limulus

(ˈlɪmjʊləs) n, pl -li (-ˌlaɪ) (Animals) any horseshoe crab of the genus Limulus, esp L. polyphemus[C19: from New Latin (name of genus), from Latin līmus sidelong]

horse′shoe crab′

n. any of several large marine arthropods of the order Xiphosura, esp. Limulus polyphemus, of E North American shores, having a stiff tail and brown carapace curved like a horseshoe. Also called king crab. [1765–75]

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Limulus - type genus of the family Limulidae genus Limulusarthropod genus - a genus of arthropodsfamily Limulidae, Limulidae - horseshoe crabshorseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus, king crab - 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