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MEROSTOMATA
Mer
`o *stom "a *
ta,
n.
pl.
Etym:
[
NL.
,
fr.
Gr.
(Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.