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horseshoe crab in British English
noun
any marine chelicerate arthropod of the genus Limulus, of North America and Asia, having a rounded heavily armoured body with a long pointed tail: class Merostomata
Also called: king crabhorseshoe crab in American English
US
any of an order (Xiphosura, class Merostomata) of sea arthropods shaped like thebase of a horse's foot and having a long, spinelike tail
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