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    GENUS LIMULUS

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the family Limulidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Limulus; Limulus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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