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& a. [Mod. Lat. limul (us) (q.v.), and Gr. eidos =form.] A. As substantive : 2532 Zool.: A recent or fo il crustacean, allied to Limulus. B. As adj .: Resembling, or in any way connected with Limulus (q. v.). "This ancient Limuloid Crustacean."- Nicholson: Pa læont., i. 385. lim-u-lūs, subst. [Latin limulus = somewhat askance, dim in. of limus or limis =sidelong, askance.] 1. Zool .: A genus of Crustaceans, containing the King-crabs. [KING-CRAB.] It is the only genus of the Crustaceous order Xyphosura, as also of the subdivision of the same name. 2. Palæont .: Apparently in the Upper Jura ic slates of Solenhofen, also in the Cretaceous and Tertiary beds. lim'-ў, *lym-ie, a. [Eng. lime (1), s.; -y.] 1. Viscous, sticky, tenacious, glutinous. "For striving more, the more in laces strong Himself he tied, and wrapt his winges twain In limy snares the subtle loops along." 2. Containing lime. Spenser: Muiopotmos , 429. "A human skull covered with the skin, having been buried in some limy soil, was tanned, or turned into a kind of leather."-Grey: Museum. 3. Of the nature of lime; resembling lime.