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单词 ghost crab
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Definition of ghost crab in English:

ghost crab

noun
  • A pale yellowish crab that lives in a burrow in the sand above the high-water mark and goes down to the sea at night to feed.

    Genus Ocypode, family Ocypodidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As we walked along the shoreline, ghost crabs danced among the trove of shells deposited by the ebbing tide.
    • Laboratory studies examining the distance that ghost crabs can run before fatigue provide a wellstudied example with application to natural behavior.
    • Examples include territorial defense and foraging behavior of many lizards, birds, rodents, and migratory locomotion in ghost crabs.
    • They have collaborated on research, most recently studying territoriality in dragonflies and aggression and foraging strategies in ghost crabs.
    • At the highest speeds, ghost crabs, cockroaches and ants exhibit aerial phases.
 
 

Definition of ghost crab in US English:

ghost crab

noun
  • A pale yellowish crab that lives in a burrow in the sand above the high-water mark and goes down to the sea at night to feed.

    Genus Ocypode, family Ocypodidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the highest speeds, ghost crabs, cockroaches and ants exhibit aerial phases.
    • As we walked along the shoreline, ghost crabs danced among the trove of shells deposited by the ebbing tide.
    • Examples include territorial defense and foraging behavior of many lizards, birds, rodents, and migratory locomotion in ghost crabs.
    • Laboratory studies examining the distance that ghost crabs can run before fatigue provide a wellstudied example with application to natural behavior.
    • They have collaborated on research, most recently studying territoriality in dragonflies and aggression and foraging strategies in ghost crabs.
 
 
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