| 单词 | peeler crab |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeeler crab 4. A crab or crayfish when it casts its shell. Also more fully peeler crab. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > crabs at particular stage soft crab1737 softshell crab1806 megalopa1815 buster1855 megalops1855 shedder-crab1860 peeler1866 shedder1872 prawn-stage1896 fat crab1905 1852 Zoologist 10 3682 It [sc. common shore crab] is occasionally employed as bait, particularly the ‘peelarts’, as those that have just cast their shell are called.] 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) Addit. 229 Peeler, the Shore-crab when casting its shell. 1883 Cent. Mag. July 378/2 Large craw-fish, which were about to shed their outer cases, or shells, and which for this reason are called ‘shedders’, or ‘Peelers’. 1911 C. O. Minchin Sea-fishing xvii. 245 When the cold outer shell has cracked and is ready to fall, and the new soft shell beneath is growing to replace it, the crab is called a ‘peeler’, and is then in the best condition for bait. 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 27 July 9/8 Hook-and-line fishermen can scarcely buy the popular peeler crab bait for fishing. 1976 Sc. Daily Express 24 Dec. 12/6 For the smaller fish, rag and lugworm, soft peeler crab and strips of herring or mackerel are usually acceptable. 1995 Chesapeake Bay Mag. Oct. 96/3 We stopped briefly at a little fyke (weir) net system Donnie had set up along the creek to catch peeler crabs, our bait. < as lemmas |
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