HORSESHOE CRAB


Meaning of HORSESHOE CRAB in English

Function: 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

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