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limulus |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Limulus \Lim"u*lus\ (l[i^]m"[-u]*l[u^]s), n.; pl {Limuli} (-l[imac]). [L., dim. of limus sidelong, askance.] (Zo["o]l.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Limulus n : type genus of the family Limulidae [syn: {Limulus}, {genus Limulus}]
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