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GENUS LIMULUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Limulus mean?
• GENUS LIMULUS (noun)
The noun GENUS LIMULUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Limulidae
Familiarity information: GENUS LIMULUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Limulidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Limulus; Limulus
Hypernyms ("genus Limulus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Limulus"):
horseshoe crab; king crab; Limulus polyphemus; Xiphosurus polyphemus (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)
Holonyms ("genus Limulus" is a member of...):
family Limulidae; Limulidae (horseshoe crabs)
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