limulus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin līmulus, from līmus +‎ -ulus. By surface analysis, Latin lim(us) +‎ -ulus. === Noun === limulus (uncountable) Horseshoe crab, king crab. ==== References ==== Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “limulus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive from līmus (“askance”) +‎ -ulus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈliː.mʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.mu.lus] === Adjective === līmulus (feminine līmula, neuter līmulum); first/second-declension adjective diminutive of līmus (“askance, oblique”) squinting, squint-eyed ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== līmus ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Limulus === References === “limulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “limulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.