transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]
Date: 1797
: any of several closely related marine arthropods (order Xiphosura and class Merostomata) with a broad crescentic cephalothorax, six pairs of legs, and a spikelike tail ; especially : one ( Limulus polyphemus ) of coastal waters from Maine to the Yucatán Peninsula — called also king crab