Definition: limulus

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

Limulus
     n : type genus of the family Limulidae [syn: Limulus, genus
         Limulus]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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 coast of North America. Called
   also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and
   horsefoot.