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book gill

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book gill: see horseshoe crab horseshoe crab, large, primitive marine arthropod related to the spider, sometimes called a king crab (a name also used for the largest of the edible true crabs). The heavy dark brown exoskeleton, or carapace, is domed and shaped like a horseshoe.
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book gill [′bu̇k ‚gil]
(invertebrate zoology)
A type of gill in king crabs consisting of folds of membranous tissue arranged like the leaves of a book.


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