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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: type genus of the family Limulidae [syn: Limulus, genus Limulus]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural limuli) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin limus oblique, transverse — more at limen Date: 1837 horseshoe crab

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Limulus Lim"u*lus (l[i^]m"[-u]*l[u^]s), n.; pl. Limuli (-l[imac]). [L., dim. of limus sidelong, askance.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.