| 单词 | calling crab |
| 释义 | > as lemmascalling crab calling crab n. a fiddler crab (genus Uca), whose males have one claw much larger than the other, and wave it in courtship displays and in aggression. ΘΚΠ 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) fiddler1714 calling crab1832 lady crab1844 sand crab1844 sand fiddler1852 fighting crab1868 1832 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 26) 42 These Crustacea have also a singular habit of holding up the large claw..as if they were beckoning to some one at a distance, whence they have acquired the name of Calling Crabs (Cancer vocans, Linn.). 1893 T. R. R. Stebbing Hist. Crustacea vii. 89 By the movement of its claws it seems to be appealing to the waves to come back again... The trivial name, the calling crab, refer to the like action. 2008 P. Hook Concise Guide to Seashore 89 There are about 97 species of fiddler crabs, which are sometimes called calling crabs. < as lemmas |
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