Meaning Of The Word Horseshoe crab

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Horseshoe crab Meaning

Horseshoe crab Definition
Horseshoe crab Definition

What's The Definition Of Horseshoe crab?

horseshoe crab in American English
any of an order (Xiphosura, class Merostomata) of sea arthropods shaped like the base of a horse's foot and having a long, spinelike tail
noun: a large marine arthropod, Limulus polyphemus, of shallow coastal waters of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having both compound and simple eyes, book gills, a stiff tail, and a brown carapace curved like a horseshoe: a living fossil related to the

horseshoe crab in British English
noun: any marine chelicerate arthropod of the genus Limulus, of North America and Asia, having a rounded heavily armoured body with a long pointed tail: class Merostomata

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