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Webster 1913 Edition
Limulus
‖
Lim′u-lus
(lĭm′ū̍-lŭs)
, Noun.
pl.
Limuli
(-lī)
. [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
.