FAMILY LIMULIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Horseshoe crabs

Synonyms:

family Limulidae; Limulidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)