horseshoe crab

Noun horseshoe crab has 1 sense

• horseshoe crab(n = noun.animal) king crab, limulus polyphemus, xiphosurus polyphemus - large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse;
is a kind of arthropod
is a member of genus limulus, limulus