horseshoe crab

English

A horseshoe crab.

Seen from above and below.

Etymology

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

Noun

horseshoe crab (plural horseshoe crabs)

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

   Synonym: xiphosuran

   1. (especially) Any extant xiphosuran in the family Limulidae.

      Synonym: king crab

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
• Category:Limulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons