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单词 spider crab
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spider crab


noun

any of various crabs of the family Majidae, having long, slender legs and a comparatively small, triangular body.

Origin of spider crab

First recorded in 1700–10

Words nearby spider crab

spiculum, spicy, spide, spider, spider-burst, spider crab, spider fly, spider hole, spiderhunter, spider-hunting wasp, spider lily
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Example sentences from the Web for spider crab

  • This species of spider-crab is found from Greenland to New Jersey, in shallow as well as in deep water.

    The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold
  • When a spider-crab grows too large for his clothes, he rips them at the back, and out he slides, a helpless soft mass.

    Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880|Various

British Dictionary definitions for spider crab

spider crab

noun

any of various crabs of the genera Macropodia, Libinia, etc, having a small triangular body and very long legs
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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