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Definition of Family limulidae
1. Noun. Horseshoe crabs.
Exact synonyms: Limulidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Order Xiphosura, Xiphosura
Member holonyms: Genus Limulus, Limulus, Genus Tachypleus, Tachypleus
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Order Xiphosura, Xiphosura
Member holonyms: Genus Limulus, Limulus, Genus Tachypleus, Tachypleus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Limulidae
Literary usage of Family limulidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"Division 3 (= family limulidae Leach), with the king crab Limulus. Order 7.
Phyllopoda (of Latreille), with the branchiopod Apus Order 8. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... modified to act as paddles : segments of the mesosoma and metasoma ( =
opisthosoma) not more than ten in number, distinct or coalesced. Family—Limulidae ..."
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