limulus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun type genus of the family Limulidae
    genus Limulus.

WordNet

Lim"u*lus noun
Etymology
L., dim. of limus sidelong, askance.
Wordforms
plural Limuli
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913