Definition of Limuloid

1. a horseshoe crab [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limuloid

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

Literary usage of Limuloid

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

1. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"The limuloid referred to in the title of this paper is the cast of a Limulus-like creature which was got by CW Peach from the Caithness flags, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"The limuloid referred to in the title of this paper is the cast of a Limulus-like creature which was got by CW Peach from the Caithness flags, ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"... in respect to their segmentation, simplify the limuloid type, ... and limuloid series, they bring the latter into closer harmony with the ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Their embryology and morphology tend to show that the class has probably descended from limuloid ancestors, of which there are examples in the Silurian ..."

5. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1881)
"Accordingly there is no difficulty in deriving UK Scorpion's ambulatory limbs from those of such limuloid«. Thirdly, certain features are presented by the ..."

6. Convergence in Evolution by Arthur Willey (1911)
"Now if we reject the limuloid Theory of Vertebrate descent, why should we accept as normal the theory of the Arachnoid affinities of Limulus? ..."

7. The Geologist by Samuel Joseph Mackie (1862)
"... to a limuloid animal ; und is strongly inclined to refer Cli- ... or of any unknown limuloid animal, in the primordial sea; for there is little doubt, ..."

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