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Definition of Horseshoe crab

1. Noun. Large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse.

Definition of Horseshoe crab

1. Noun. A type of chelicerate arthropod, of the genus ''Limulus'', resembling a crab. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Horseshoe Crab

Literary usage of Horseshoe crab

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

1. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"horseshoe crab, Limulus. A, dorsal, and B, ... such as to-day are represented by the scorpion and the horseshoe crab (Limulus, Fig. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1903)
"Note on the generic name of the horseshoe crab. Mr. Pocock in his article "The Taxonomy of Recent Species of Limulus" (Ann. Mag. Nat Hist. 7th ser., IX, p. ..."

3. Sand Dunes and Salt Marshes by Charles Wendell Townsend (1913)
"CHAPTER XI • THE horseshoe crab AND OTHER DENIZENS OF SAND AND MUD " Neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring." — DRYDEN. THE horseshoe or king crab is ..."

4. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"horseshoe crab or KING CRAB. This animal gets its first name from its shape, ... The common horseshoe crab is found all along the Atlantic coast ..."

5. Mr Brouard's Odyssey by Diana Winsor (2004)
"But die horseshoe crab just follows its instincts and conies back to die place ... For a moment we stood and regarded the horseshoe crab with deep respect. ..."

6. A Textbook in General Zoology by Henry Richardson Linville, Henry Augustus Kelly (1906)
"horseshoe crab hatch in about four or five weeks, and make their way ... Some of the fossil allies of the horseshoe crab grew to be five or six feet long. ..."

7. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"horseshoe crab, also known as KINO CRAB and HORSE- FOOT, is a large member of the crustacean family, found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ..."

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