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Type genus of the family Limulidae
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limulus
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Limulus is a genus of horseshoe crab , with one extant species, the Atlantic horseshoe crab L. polyphemus . Many fossil species are known, many of which have since been assigned to other genera. Currently valid fossil species include: Limulus coffini Reeside ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Limulus \Lim"u*lus\ (l[i^]m"[-u]*l[u^]s), n.; pl. Limuli (-l[imac]). [L., dim. of limus sidelong, askance.] (Zo["o]l.) The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one ( Limulus polyphemus ) from the Atlantic ...
Usage examples of limulus.
It is when confronted by the overwhelming signal of free molecules of endotoxin, evoking memories of vibrios in great numbers, that the limulus flies into panic, launches all his defenses at once, and destroys himself.