| 单词 | devil crab |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil crab devil crab n. (a) the velvet swimming crab, Necora puber; (b) U.S. a fried croquette made of crab meat; (also) devilled crab meat, see devilled adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of Portunidae (lady-crab) velvet crab1681 green crab1763 lady crab1844 sand crab1844 shore-crab1850 devil crab1871 partan1880 velvet fiddler crab1882 shuttle-crab1889 sook1950 muddy1953 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. ii. ix. 332 A Devil-crab (Portunus puber) was seen..fighting with a Carcinus mænas, and the latter was soon thrown on its back, and had every limb torn from its body. 1873 Georgia Weekly Tel. 12 Aug. Five devil crabs, $1.25; steaks, $2.50; omelette, $2.50. 1906 F. W. Headley Life & Evol. vii. 193 In two Devil Crabs also (Portunus puber) experiment detected a power of learning. 1974 Field & Stream Aug. 129/3 (advt.) Delicious seafood recipes, spiced shrimp, steamed and devil crabs. 2011 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 6 Jan. a7 40,000 velvet swimming crabs (also known as devil crabs) wash up on the Kent coast after dying from hypothermia in freezing sea. < as lemmas |
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