Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . long themargin six movable spinesdirected backward andoutwards; and attachedto it is a tail, which formsa long and strong dagger-like spine, sometimes ex-ceeding in length thewhole body of the legs are not largeenough to be visiblebeyond the shield whenthe animal moves alongthe ground.^—These re-markable animals arefound only on the shorestropical Asia, theAsiatic Archipelago, andtrojiical America. Theyfeed on animal food; andare said to be themselves less agreeable food thancrabs or lobsters. Some of them exceed two fee
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . long themargin six movable spinesdirected backward andoutwards; and attachedto it is a tail, which formsa long and strong dagger-like spine, sometimes ex-ceeding in length thewhole body of the legs are not largeenough to be visiblebeyond the shield whenthe animal moves alongthe ground.^—These re-markable animals arefound only on the shorestropical Asia, theAsiatic Archipelago, andtrojiical America. Theyfeed on animal food; andare said to be themselves less agreeable food thancrabs or lobsters. Some of them exceed two feetin length, and the strong and jagged spine is aformidable weapon. In some of the Asiatic islands,the spine is often used for pointing arroAvs. Intropical America, the K. is called Casserole Fish,and the shell is used as a ladle. The numberof species of K. is not great.—Fossil species arepretty numerous. Trilobites are supposed to havebeen allied to the LimuU. KINGFISHER {Alcedo), a genus of birds of theorder Insessores, and family Ilalcyonidce. The name. King-Crab (Limulus Polyphemus): Copied from Enrjlish Cyclopanlln. a, position of the two smooth ^eeyes; i, 6, lateral compositeeyes; c, c, respiratory aper-tures.
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