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Webster 1913 Edition
Limulus
‖
Lim′u-lus
(lĭm′ū̍-lŭs)
, Noun.
pl.
Limuli
(-lī)
. [L., dim. of
limus
sidelong, askance.] (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
. Definition 2024
Limulus
Limulus
See also: limulus
Translingual
Proper noun
Limulus m
- 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
Terms derived from Limulus
limulus
limulus
See also: Limulus
Latin
Adjective
līmulus m (feminine līmula, neuter līmulum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | līmulus | līmula | līmulum | līmulī | līmulae | līmula | |
genitive | līmulī | līmulae | līmulī | līmulōrum | līmulārum | līmulōrum | |
dative | līmulō | līmulō | līmulīs | ||||
accusative | līmulum | līmulam | līmulum | līmulōs | līmulās | līmula | |
ablative | līmulō | līmulā | līmulō | līmulīs | |||
vocative | līmule | līmula | līmulum | līmulī | līmulae | līmula |
Related terms
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.