CLASS MEROSTOMATA

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Meaning:

Used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida

Synonyms:

class Merostomata; Merostomata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("class Merostomata" is a kind of...):

arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)

Meronyms (members of "class Merostomata"):

order Xiphosura; Xiphosura (horseshoe crabs and extinct forms)

Eurypterida; order Eurypterida (extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic)

Holonyms ("class Merostomata" is a member of...):

Chelicerata; superclass Chelicerata (spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs)