xiphosuranadj.n.
/zɪfəʊˈsjʊərən/ Zoology.
A. adj.
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Belonging to the order Xiphosura of Arachnida, including the king-crab (Limulus) with a long sharp telson, and the extinct genus Belinurus.
B. n.
An arachnid of this order.
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1879 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. (ed. 2) I. xviii. 385 In the Devonian no certain traces of Xiphosurans have yet been detected, but several types occur in the Carboniferous.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 528 A Xiphosuran is found in the upper Silurian.
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ˈxiphosure n. (= sense B.).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > order Xiphosura or Merostomata > [noun] > member of
xiphosure1837
sword-tail1858
xiphosuran1879
merostome1881
1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 460/1 Latreille..admitted into the class Crustacea 12 orders, viz., the Decapods,..the Xyphosures [sic], and the Siphonostomes.
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xiphoˈsurous adj. (= sense A.).
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xiˈphurous adj.
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