horseshoe-crab love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A merostome of the family Limulidæ, as Limulus polyphemus or L. moluccanus: so called from its shape. Also called horseshoe, horsefoot, horse-crab, horsefoot-crab, and king-crab. See Limulus.

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Examples

  • "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

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