† raniniann.adj.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
A. n.
A brachyuran crustacean of the family Raninidae, which comprises tropical burrowing crabs with elongated bodies; a frog crab.
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1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 122/2 The Pactolians are placed by the author above named [sc. Milne Edwards] between the Homolians and the Raninians.
1890 Cent. Dict. Raninian, n., a crab of the family Raninidæ.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the crustacean family Raninidae.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Raninian, a., pertaining to the Raninidæ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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n.adj.1840- to make buttons
- to make camp
- to make capital out of
- to make care
- to make champerty
- to make change
- to make cheer
- to make cheers
- to make chevance
- to make chevisance of
- to make child
- to make choice of
- to make clean riddance
- to make coarse account of
- to make common
- to make common cause
- to make common cause with
- to make comparison of
- to make connections
- to make conscience
- to make construction
- to make conversation
- to make count of
- to make countenance
- to make courtesy