Horseshoe

1. (n.) A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.

2. (n.) Anything shaped like a horseshoe crab.

3. (n.) The Limulus of horseshoe crab.

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