1. Noun form
A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus.
2. Noun
used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida
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