释义 |
xiph·os·ura \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 |