- order Xiphosura
- nounhorseshoe crabs and extinct forms• Syn: ↑Xiphosura• Hypernyms: ↑animal order• Member Holonyms: ↑Merostomata, ↑class Merostomata• Member Meronyms: ↑Limulidae, ↑family Limulidae
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order Xiphosura
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Xiphosura — Temporal range: Silurian–Recent … Wikipedia
Xiphosura — noun horseshoe crabs and extinct forms • Syn: ↑order Xiphosura • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Merostomata, ↑class Merostomata • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Xiphosura — Limuloidea Lim u*loi de*a (l[i^]m [ u]*loi d[ e]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL. See {Limulus}, and { oid}.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of Merostomata, including among living animals the genus {Limulus}, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the Carboniferous … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Merostomata — Reconstruction of Eurypterus (Eurypterida) … Wikipedia
Atlantic horseshoe crab — Conservation status Near Threatened ( … Wikipedia
Merostomata — noun used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida • Syn: ↑class Merostomata • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod • Member Holonyms: ↑Chelicerata, ↑superclass Chelicerata • … Useful english dictionary
xiphosuran — /zɪfəˈsjurən/ (say zifuh syoohruhn) adjective 1. of or relating to the horseshoe crabs (order Xiphosura). –noun 2. a member of the order Xiphosura; a horseshoe crab. {New Latin Xiphosūra (irregularly from Greek xiphos sword + oura tail) + an} …
class Merostomata — noun used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida • Syn: ↑Merostomata • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod • Member Holonyms: ↑Chelicerata, ↑superclass Chelicerata • Memb … Useful english dictionary
Limulidae — noun horseshoe crabs • Syn: ↑family Limulidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Xiphosura, ↑order Xiphosura • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
