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单词 fiddler crab
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fiddler crab′, 
  1. Invertebratesany small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
  • 1700–10, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fiddler crab n
  1. any of various burrowing crabs of the genus Uca of American coastal regions, the males of which have one of their anterior pincer-like claws very much enlarged
Etymology: 19th Century: referring to the rapid fiddling movement of the enlarged anterior claw of the males, used to attract females
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