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Limulus  n.  (pl. limuli)  (Zool.) The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot.





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... Many thanks about Limulus. I am going to ask another favour, but I do not want to trouble you to answer it by letter. When the Callithrix sciureus screams violently, does it wrinkle up the skin round the eyes like a baby always does? (467/1. "Humboldt ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II - Volume II (of II) • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Limulus" :   genus Limulus, Limulidae, family Limulidae, horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus


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