arthropod vs horseshoe crab

horseshoe crab vs arthropod

arthropod and horseshoe crab both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arthropod	Yes	No	No	No
horseshoe crab	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, horseshoe crab is a hyponym of arthropod; that is, horseshoe crab is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than arthropod:

arthropod: invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
horseshoe crab: large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse

Other hyponyms of arthropod include trilobite, arachnid, arachnoid, myriapod, garden centipede, garden symphilid, Scutigerella immaculata, symphilid, tardigrade, centipede, millepede, milliped, millipede, pycnogonid, sea spider, class Merostomata, Merostomata, king crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus, Asian horseshoe crab, eurypterid, pentastomid, tongue worm, crustacean, onychophoran, peripatus, velvet worm, insect, instar.

arthropod (noun)	horseshoe crab (noun)
invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin	large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse

Difference between arthropod and horseshoe crab

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