Associations to the word «Xiphosura»

Wiktionary

XIPHOSURA, proper noun. A taxonomic order within the class Merostomata   — distinguished from all other chelicerates by having compound eyes. The only living xiphosurans are the horseshoe crabs.

Dictionary definition

XIPHOSURA, noun. Horseshoe crabs and extinct forms.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus