ˌzifəˈsu̇rə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek xiphos sword + New Latin -ura
: an order of arthropods comprising the king crabs and extinct related forms and usually including only the two recent genera Limulus (syn. Xiphosurus ) with representatives along the American coast of the Atlantic and Tachypleus with species along the Asiatic coast of the Pacific
• xiph·os·uran | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|su̇rən adjective or noun
• xiph·os·ure ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌsu̇(ə)r noun -s
• xiph·os·urous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|su̇rəs adjective