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单词 saucepan crab
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saucepan crab
saucepan crab n. now historical and rare the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus; cf. panfish n. 2.
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1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 645 One living species (Limulus cyclops) is a native of the East Indies, and goes by the popular name of Pan-fish, or Saucepan-crab, because the shell, when the limbs and body have been removed and the tail spine permitted to retain its place, has some resemblance to the useful culinary article.
1960 Estuarine Bull. Summer 4 (caption) These animals, once also called ‘saucepan crabs’, were dried before being coarsely ground into a fertilizer meal.
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