Definition of Limuloids

1. limuloid [n] - See also: limuloid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limuloids

limpkins
limply
limpness
limpnesses
limps
limpsey
limpsier
limpsiest
limpsy
limpwristed
limu
limule
limuli
limuloid
limuloids (current term)
limulus
limulus lysate test
limulus test
limuluses
limy
linable
linac
linaceae
linaclotide
linacs
linage
linages
linalol
linalols

Literary usage of Limuloids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1904)
"It is strange what differences of opinion have prevailed regarding the possibility of near relationship between the Trilobites and the limuloids. ..."

2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"limuloids are a nearly extinct tribe of species, related more nearly to the Arachnids than ... limuloids differ from Crustaceans in not passing through the ..."

3. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph Le Conte (1903)
"... new style Crustaceans)—then Trilobites, Eurypterids, and limuloids belong to the ... The Trilobites developed into Eurypterids and limuloids, while the ..."

4. A Compend of Geology by Joseph LeConte (1888)
"While Trilobites continue under new forms, ready to perish at the end of this period, limuloids, or horseshoe crabs, a higher type, are here introduced (Fig ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"... and Isopods aping still more closely the Trilo- bites than Scrolls, or limuloids approaching that extinct family. The classification, embryology ..."

6. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1901)
"He shows that there is a marked difference between the trails of limuloids and isopods, and that while the trail of ..."

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