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limulus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables
limu-lus
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Horseshoe crab, king crab.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin līmulus, from līmus + -ulus. By surface analysis, Latin lim(us) + -ulus.

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What does limulus mean?
Horseshoe crab, king crab.
Where does limulus come from?
Borrowed from Latin līmulus, from līmus + -ulus. By surface analysis, Latin lim(us) + -ulus.

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