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limuli

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lim⋅u⋅lus

  [lim-yuh-luhs]
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–noun, plural -li  [-lahy] .
a crab of the genus Limulus; horseshoe crab.
Origin:
1830–40; < NL Limulus name of the genus, special use of L līmulus, dim. of līmus sidelong, oblique; see -ule
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lim·u·lus   (lĭm'yə-ləs)   
n.   pl. lim·u·li (-lī, -lē)
See horseshoe crab.

[Latin līmulus, sidelong (from its motion), diminutive of līmus.]
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