land-crabn.

Brit.

/ˈlan(d)krab/, U.S.

/ˈlæn(d)ˌkræb/

Etymology: See land n.¹ Compounds 2.

Any of the various species of crabs that live mostly on land but resort to the sea for breeding.

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1638 T. Verney To Sir E. Verney in Verney Mem. (1853) 195 Thees land-crabs are innumerable,..they are very like our sea-crabs, but nothing att all soe good, becaus most of them are poysonous.

1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 74 Some Papua people brought me land crabs, shaped like lobsters.

1871 S. Mateer Travancore 92 Landcrabs burrow in the rice fields, and are used as food by the slave castes.

in extended use.1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 178 The little Mite-worm, which I call a Land-crab.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	land-crab
释义	land-crabn. Brit. /ˈlan(d)krab/, U.S. /ˈlæn(d)ˌkræb/ Etymology: See land n.¹ Compounds 2. Any of the various species of crabs that live mostly on land but resort to the sea for breeding. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > land-crab land-crab1638 gecarcinian1838 1638 T. Verney To Sir E. Verney in Verney Mem. (1853) 195 Thees land-crabs are innumerable,..they are very like our sea-crabs, but nothing att all soe good, becaus most of them are poysonous. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 74 Some Papua people brought me land crabs, shaped like lobsters. 1871 S. Mateer Travancore 92 Landcrabs burrow in the rice fields, and are used as food by the slave castes. in extended use.1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 178 The little Mite-worm, which I call a Land-crab. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1638
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