English Explanatory Dictionary

horseshoe crab

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any extinct or extant chelicerate in the order Xiphosura, actually more related to arachnids than true crabs.
Any extant xiphosuran in the family Limulidae.

Word forms

horseshoe crab horseshoe crabs

Etymology

From horseshoe + crab, referencing this animal's horseshoe-like shape.

Synonyms

xiphosuran king crab

Translations

Bulgarian: мечоопашат рак Chinese Mandarin: 鱟 /鲎 Chinese Mandarin: 馬蹄蟹 /马蹄蟹 Chinese Mandarin: 夫妻魚 /夫妻鱼 Danish: dolkehale Esperanto: hufumkrabo Finnish: molukkirapu French: limule German: Pfeilschwanzkrebs Hebrew: זְנַב חֶרֶב Japanese: カブトガニ Khmer: ក្ដាមសេះ Korean: 투구게 Malay: belangkas Navajo: táłtłʼááh séigoʼ bitsʼaʼígíí Polish: mieczogon Polish: ostrogon Russian: краб-подко́ва Russian: мечехво́ст Serbo-Croatian: pòtkovica Serbo-Croatian: rȁk-pòtkovica Swedish: dolksvans Swedish: hästskokrabba Thai: แมงดา Vietnamese: sam

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