Translingual

Limulus polyphemus, with both the two lateral eyes and the two very small front eyes, small dots near the bottom of the black centerline

Proper noun

Limulus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Limulidae – the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus).

Usage notes

• Many fossil species were assigned here, but almost all are now assigned to other genera. For such genera see "sister taxa" at Limulus at Fossilworks.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Chelicerata - subphylum; Merostomata - class; Xiphosura - order; Xiphosurida - suborder; Limulina - infraorder; Limulidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Limulus polyphemus - sole extant species; for the few currently accepted extinct species see Limulus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .

Derived terms

Latin

Adjective

līmulus m ‎(feminine līmula, neuter līmulum); first/second declension

1. somewhat askance, slightly oblique

Inflection

First/second declension.

Related terms

• līmus

Descendants

• Translingual: Limulus

References

• limulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “limulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.