nobody-crabn.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊbɒdɪˌkrab/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊˌbɑdiˌkræb/

Forms: 1800s– no-body crab, 1800s– nobody-crab.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adj., body n., crab n.¹

Etymology: < no adj. + body n. + crab n.¹In form nobody-crab probably after nobody pron. and n.

Now rare.

A sea spider or pycnogonid, which has long legs and an apparently minute body.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Pycnogonida or Pantopoda > [noun] > member of (sea-spider)

sea-crayfish1601

water-softling1656

pycnogonoid1852

pycnogon1853

pycnogonid1869

sea spider1873

nobody-crab1876

pantopod1887

1876 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation II. xix. 176 (table) Pantopoda... No-body Crabs [Ger. Spinnenkrebse]..Pycnogonida.

1881 Times 6 Jan. 4/6 We are promised very shortly similar volumes..on the Pycnogonids or nobody-crabs, on the seaweeds, and on certain groups of worms.

1935 Discovery Sept. 282/1 Those queer creatures the Pycnogonida, the so-called No-body Crabs, real Tom Noddies, with only enough body to hold together the legs, in which are situated the vital organs.

1945 T. H. Savory Spiders Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 20 Sea-spiders or nobody-crabs are found only in the sea, where they range from the littoral regions to the depths of the ocean.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nobody-crab
释义	nobody-crabn. Brit. /ˈnəʊbɒdɪˌkrab/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˌbɑdiˌkræb/ Forms: 1800s– no-body crab, 1800s– nobody-crab. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adj., body n., crab n.¹ Etymology: < no adj. + body n. + crab n.¹In form nobody-crab probably after nobody pron. and n. Now rare. A sea spider or pycnogonid, which has long legs and an apparently minute body. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Pycnogonida or Pantopoda > [noun] > member of (sea-spider) sea-crayfish1601 water-softling1656 pycnogonoid1852 pycnogon1853 pycnogonid1869 sea spider1873 nobody-crab1876 pantopod1887 1876 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation II. xix. 176 (table) Pantopoda... No-body Crabs [Ger. Spinnenkrebse]..Pycnogonida. 1881 Times 6 Jan. 4/6 We are promised very shortly similar volumes..on the Pycnogonids or nobody-crabs, on the seaweeds, and on certain groups of worms. 1935 Discovery Sept. 282/1 Those queer creatures the Pycnogonida, the so-called No-body Crabs, real Tom Noddies, with only enough body to hold together the legs, in which are situated the vital organs. 1945 T. H. Savory Spiders Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 20 Sea-spiders or nobody-crabs are found only in the sea, where they range from the littoral regions to the depths of the ocean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1876
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