Limp"kin (lmp"kn), n. (Zoöl.) Either one of two species of wading birds
of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The
limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species
(A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A.
scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying
bird.
Limp"ness, n. The quality or state of being limp.
{ Limp"sy (-s), Lim"sy (lm"s), } a. [See Limp, a., and cf. W. llymsi
having a fickle motion, weak. Cf. Flimsy.] Limp; flexible; flimsy.
[Local, U. S.]
||Li"mu (l"m), n. (Bot.) The Hawaiian name for seaweeds. Over sixty
||kinds are used as food, and have species names, as Limu Lipoa, Limu
||palawai, etc.
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Lim"ule (lm"l), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) A limulus.
||Lim`u*loi"de*a (lm`*loi"d*), n. pl. [NL. See Limulus, and -oid.]
||(Zoöl.) An order of Merostomata, including among living animals the
||genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the
||Carboniferous period. Called also Xiphosura.
||
There are six pairs of leglike organs, surrounding the mouth, most of
which terminate in claws; those of the first pair (probably mandibles)
are the smallest; the others have the basal joints thickened and
spinose, to serve as jaws, while the terminal joints serve as legs.
This group is intermediate, in some characteristics, between
crustaceans and certain arachnids (scorpions), but the respiration is
by means of lamellate gills borne upon the five posterior abdominal
appendages, which are flat and united in pairs by their inner edges,
and are protected by the lidlike anterior pair, which also bear the
genital orifices.
||Lim"u*lus (lm"*ls), n.; pl. Limuli (- l). [L., dim. of limus
||sidelong, askance.] (Zoöl.) The only existing genus of Merostomata.
||It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus
||polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also
||Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot.
||
Lim"y (lm"), a. [See 4th Lime.] 1. Smeared with, or consisting of,
lime; viscous. "Limy snares." Spenser.