Definition of Limuli

1. limulus [n] - See also: limulus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limuli

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

Literary usage of Limuli

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

1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"It is pointed out that although there is, at first sight, a very considerable resemblance between young limuli and young Trilobites, yet that the latter ..."

2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"It is not uncommon to find on the shores, where limuli abounds, hundreds of skins thrown ... Again, young limuli generally turn on their back while feeding. ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"The study of a well pre- terved specimen has convinced me that, like the limuli, they had eyes placed against two prominences, and that the cornea was ..."

4. The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art by Canadian Institute (1849-1914) (1856)
"... with the limuli: in the position and aspect of the large compound eyes, for instance ; in many ... To place the limuli with the suctorial parasitic ..."

5. Science Lectures for the People (1877)
"The limuli are very definite in their shapes, and cannot by any stretch of the imagination be made to merge into the little worn-out ..."

6. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Other fossil limuli have been discovered not only in this formation, but also in the Muschelkalk and the Jurassic limestone, by Count Munster, who has given ..."

7. The Succession of life on the earth: Three Lectures by William Crawford Williamson (1877)
"The limuli are very definite in their shapes, and cannot by any stretch of the imagination be made to merge into ..."

8. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"... lateral openings contain the lateral eyes, and the posterior lateral pair, a segmental sense organ comparable with the dorsal organ of embryo limuli. ..."

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