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Limulidae

noun

horseshoe crabs

• Syn: ↑family Limulidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Xiphosura, ↑order Xiphosura

• Member Meronyms: ↑Limulus, ↑genus Limulus, ↑Tachypleus, ↑genus Tachypleus

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\\lə̇ˈmyüləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Limulus, type genus + -idae

: a family (order Xiphosura) comprising the king crab and various related extinct forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.