HyperDic: merostomata

English > 1 sense of the word Merostomata:
NOUNanimalMerostomata, class Merostomataused in some classifications
English > Merostomata: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningUsed in some classifications; includes the orders ... / orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida.
Synonymclass Merostomata
Member ofChelicerata, superclass Chelicerataspiders
MembersEurypterida, order EurypteridaExtinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic
Xiphosura, order Xiphosurahorseshoe crabs and extinct forms
Broaderarthropodinvertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
Spanishmerostoma
Catalanmerostoma, Merostomat

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