English
Detailed Synonyms for horseshoe crab in English
horseshoe crab:
horseshoe crab [the ~] noun
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the horseshoe crab
– large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse 1the Limulus polyphemus; the Xiphosurus polyphemus; the horseshoe crab; the king crab– large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse 1