molucca crab

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molucca crab - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Limulus \Lim"u*lus\ (l[i^]m"[-u]*l[u^]s), n.; pl. Limuli
     (-l[imac]). [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.
     [1913 Webster]