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ORDER XIPHOSURA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Horseshoe crabs and extinct forms
Synonyms:
order Xiphosura; Xiphosura
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Xiphosura" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Xiphosura"):
family Limulidae; Limulidae (horseshoe crabs)
Holonyms ("order Xiphosura" is a member of...):
class Merostomata; Merostomata (used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida)
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