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horseshoe crab
English
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A horseshoe crab.
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Seen from above and below.
Noun
horseshoe crab (plural horseshoe crabs)
- A type of chelicerate arthropod, of the genus Limulus, resembling a crab, to which it is not closely related.
Translations
arthropod
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