ORDER XIPHOSURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Xiphosura mean? 

• ORDER XIPHOSURA (noun)
  The noun ORDER XIPHOSURA has 1 sense:

1. horseshoe crabs and extinct forms

  Familiarity information: ORDER XIPHOSURA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER XIPHOSURA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Horseshoe crabs and extinct forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Xiphosura; Xiphosura

Hypernyms ("order Xiphosura" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Xiphosura"):

family Limulidae; Limulidae (horseshoe crabs)

Holonyms ("order Xiphosura" is a member of...):

class Merostomata; Merostomata (used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida)