Limulus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

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limulus
līmŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. limus], somewhat askance : limulis (oculis) intueri, Plaut. Bacch. 5...

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