Search Result for "xiphosurus_polyphemus":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: horseshoe crab, king crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Xiphosurus polyphemus n 1: 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 [syn: horseshoe crab, king crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus]