The common name for decapod crustaceous animals of the tribe Brachyura; applied especially to the edible species found on or near the sea coast in…

= crab, n.1 1.

spec. applied to the crab. Obsolete.

A small invertebrate animal, usually having a body divided into segments, and several pairs of legs, and often winged; in popular use comprising…

(a) = polyp, n. 2a; (b) a centipede, woodlouse, or similar animal.

= insect, n. Obsolete. (Cf. reptile, n.1)

= condylopod, n.

A member of the class Condylopoda, an earlier name for the Arthropoda, n. Also as adj. = condyˈlopodous adj.

An invertebrate animal belonging to the major division Arthropoda, which includes insects, spiders, crustaceans, trilobites, and related forms: see…