Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun horseshoe_crab

1 sense of horseshoe crab

Sense 1
horseshoe crab, 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)
       => arthropod -- (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)