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LIMULIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Horseshoe crabs

Synonyms:

family Limulidae; Limulidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Limulidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Limulidae"):

genus Limulus; Limulus (type genus of the family Limulidae)

genus Tachypleus; Tachypleus (a genus of Limulidae)

Holonyms ("Limulidae" is a member of...):

order Xiphosura; Xiphosura (horseshoe crabs and extinct forms)

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