HyperDic: genus_limulus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Limulus:
NOUNanimalgenus Limulus, Limulustype genus of the family Limulidae
English > genus Limulus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of the family Limulidae.
SynonymLimulus
Member ofLimulidae, family Limulidaehorseshoe crabs
Membershorseshoe crab, king crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemuslarge marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail
Broaderarthropod genusA genus of arthropods
Spanishgénero Limulus, genus limulus, limulus, Limulus
Catalangenus limulus, limulus

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