Definitions for Limulus

Limulus lim·u·lus

Spelling: [lim-yuh-luh s]
IPA: /ˈlɪm yə ləs/

Limulus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in Limulus (illmsuu).

Definitions for Limulus

noun

  1. a crab of the genus Limulus; horseshoe crab.

Origin of Limulus

1830-40; New Latin Limulus name of the genus, special use of Latin līmulus, diminutive of līmus sidelong, oblique; see -ule

Examples for Limulus

Of all these the only member alive at the present time is limulus, or the King-Crab.

Let us first see how the blood is supplied to the gills in limulus.

It is also found on the carapace of crabs and limulus, and on mollusks.

But the Eurypterids are related to the spiders and to limulus.

What, then, is the nature of the coxal gland in the scorpions and limulus?

Linnus thought that the fossil trilobites were closely allied to the limulus.

limulus is edible, its meat being, it is said, as good as that of the lobster.

This is represented in limulus by the first gill-bearing appendage.

I do not know how far this system is represented in limulus or Scorpio.

limulus has two pairs of these, Scorpio as many as six pairs.

Word Value for Limulus
Scrable

9

Words with friends

14

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