| 单词 | velvet crab |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvelvet crab velvet crab n. a species of swimming crab ( Portunus puber). 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 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. v. iv. 120 The Claw of the Punger, or the Velvet-Crab, called Pagurus. 1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side v. 288 Some of the most beautiful of our British crabs are those termed Velvet-crabs, on account of the velvety down with which the shell is covered. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 232 The spider crab, and swimming or velvet crab, are also eaten. < as lemmas |
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