单词 | spider-crab |
释义 | spider-crabn. One or other of several crabs belonging to the group Oxyrhyncha, esp. to the family Maioidea, and characterized by their long slender legs and spider-like appearance; a maia or maioid crab. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of division Oxyrhyncha (spider-crab) MaiaOE sea spider1666 Maja1706 spider-crab1710 oxyrhynch1839 spider1853 kelp crab1884 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of family Maiideae (spider-crab) MaiaOE frill1611 sea spider1666 spider-crab1710 king crab1815 maian1839 majoid1852 spider1853 sea-toad1857 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 55 Cancer Araneus Johnstoni, the Spider Crab. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 421 The Spider-Crab... All the limbs are slender and delicate, in proportion to the size of the body. 1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 229 A few spider-crabs..were also stored away. 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea 81 The spider-crab, or maia, of little value as food, though occasionally eaten. 1883 Science 1 466/2 The enormous spider-crabs of the Straits of Magellan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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