A small crab of the genus Gelasimus. Also fiddler-crab.
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释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of Ocypodidae (fiddler-crab and sand crab) (6) fiddler1714 A small crab of the genus Gelasimus. Also fiddler-crab. calling crab1832 a fiddler crab (genus Uca), whose males have one claw much larger than the other, and wave it in courtship displays and in aggression. lady crab1844 any of various crabs noted for their elegant form or attractive colouring; esp.Ovalipes ocellatus, a North American swimming crab. sand crab1844 (a) a crab of the family Ocypodidæ; (b) the Lady Crab, Platyonichus ocellatus. also figurative. sand fiddler1852 a small burrowing fiddler crab of the genus Uca. fighting crab1868 (see quot. 1868). |
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