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ˈcrab-eater
[f. crab n.1: cf. F. crabier.]
1. An occasional book-name for a small species of heron, Ardetta minuta, the Little Bittern.
2. A scombroid fish, Elacate canada, found on the North American shores of the Atlantic Ocean.
1842J. E. De Kay Zool. N. York iv. Fishes 114 The Crab-eater..was captured in a seine in the harbor of Boston, and placed in a car with other fish.
3. A crab-eating seal, Lobodon carcinophagus (crab n.1 13).
1938Geogr. Jrnl. XCI. 525 The two most abundant species of antarctic seal are the crabeater and the Weddell. 1959New Biol. XXIX. 113 Rough estimates of seal populations within the Falkland Islands Dependencies have been made by R. M. Laws. He suggests..1,000,000 crabeaters. |