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[syn: Limulus, genus Limulus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Limulus \Lim"u*lus\ (l[i^]m"[-u]*l[u^]s), n.; pl. Limuli
(-l[imac]). [L., dim. of limus sidelong, askance.] (Zool.)
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Limulus
n 1: type genus of the family Limulidae [syn: Limulus, genus
Limulus]