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GENUS LIMULUS

• 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.

• GENUS LIMULUS (noun)

Sense 1

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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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