One of the Pleiades (usually considered to be the eldest), who was loved by Zeus and bore his son Hermes.

A name for various marine spider-like creatures. A spider-crab or maioid.

Originally (in form maia): the common spider crab of Europe, Maja squinado, having a spiny red, reddish brown, or yellowish carapace. Later (in forms…

One or other of several crabs belonging to the group Oxyrhyncha, esp. to the family Maioidea, and characterized by their long slender legs and…

Any crab of the section Oxyrhyncha, which includes the spider crabs, having a carapace which narrows anteriorly into a rostrum or beak. rare.

A spider-crab.

a spider crab, Pugettia producta, found on the Pacific coast of North America.