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FAMILY LIMULIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Limulidae mean?
• FAMILY LIMULIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY LIMULIDAE has 1 sense:
1. horseshoe crabs
Familiarity information: FAMILY LIMULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Horseshoe crabs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Limulidae; Limulidae
Hypernyms ("family Limulidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Limulidae"):
genus Limulus; Limulus (type genus of the family Limulidae)
genus Tachypleus; Tachypleus (a genus of Limulidae)
Holonyms ("family Limulidae" is a member of...):
order Xiphosura; Xiphosura (horseshoe crabs and extinct forms)
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