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limulus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun limulus has 1 sense
- limulus(n = noun.animal) genus limulus - type genus of the family Limulidae; Array is a kind of arthropod genus
is a member of family limulidae, limulidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
limulus, n. [L., dim. of limus sidelong, askance.].
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 . [1913 Webster]
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