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horseshoe crab

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English

A horseshoe crab.

Seen from above and below.

Noun

horseshoe crab (plural horseshoe crabs)

A type of chelicerate arthropod, of the genus Limulus, resembling a crab, to which it is not closely related.

Translations

arthropod

Bulgarian: мечоопашат рак m (mečoopašat rak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鱟／鲎 (zh) (hòu), 馬蹄蟹／马蹄蟹 (zh) (mǎtíxiè), 夫妻魚／夫妻鱼 (zh) (fūqīyú)
Danish: dolkehale c
Esperanto: hufumkrabo
Finnish: molukkirapu
French: limule (fr) f
German: Pfeilschwanzkrebs m
Hebrew: זְנַב חֶרֶב m (znav ẖérev)
Japanese: カブトガニ (ja) (甲蟹、兜蟹、鱟、鱟魚, kabutogani)
Khmer: ក្ដាមសេះ (kdaam seh)
Korean: 투구게 (tuguge)
Malay: belangkas
Navajo: táłtłʼááh séigoʼ bitsʼaʼígíí
Polish: mieczogon m, ostrogon m
Russian: краб-подко́ва m (krab-podkóva), мечехво́ст (ru) m (mečexvóst)
Serbo-Croatian: pòtkovica (sh) f, rȁk-pòtkovica m
Swedish: dolksvans (sv) c, hästskokrabba c
Thai: แมงดา (mɛɛng-daa)
Vietnamese: sam (vi)

References

horseshoe crab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Limulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Limulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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