horseshoe-crab

"Under a horseshoe-crab shell!" her mother exclaimed.

Dolls Paul de Denus 2010

Large, brown, orb-shaped horseshoe-crab shells dotted the beach, an eerie spectacle in the coppery light.

Dolls Paul de Denus 2010

She had progressed only as far as the Trumps 'cottage when she spotted the largest horseshoe-crab shell she had ever seen smack in the middle of the broad strip of shells.

Dolls Paul de Denus 2010

"And I kicked over a horseshoe-crab shell, and underneath was the baby."

Dolls Paul de Denus 2010

"She was under a horseshoe-crab shell," Daria said.

Dolls Paul de Denus 2010

Orphu of Io left his hull-crèche and scuttled down the main cable, along the solenoid torus, and then out along the support cables like a horseshoe-crab Quasimodo, testing everything, tugging everything, scooting on reaction jets above the sail surface to check for cracks or seams or imperfections.

Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

This horseshoe-crab I fling at your feet is of older lineage than your Adam, -- perhaps, indeed, you count your Adam as one of his descendants.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

This horseshoe-crab I fling at your feet is of older lineage than your Adam, -- perhaps, indeed, you count your Adam as one of his descendants.

A Mortal Antipathy: first opening of the new portfolio Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

Prime time for horseshoe-crab spawning is around high tide, right before or after a full or new moon.

unknown title 2009

"Yes; a horseshoe-crab about a mile below here on the smooth sand, with

Their Pilgrimage Charles Dudley Warner 1864