spider crab
51spider — n. & v. n. 1 a any eight legged arthropod of the order Araneae with a round unsegmented body, many of which spin webs for the capture of insects as food. b any of various similar or related arachnids, e.g. a red spider. 2 any object comparable to …
52Spider taxonomy — is the alpha taxonomy of the spiders, members of the Araneae order of the arthropod class Arachnida with about 40,000 described species. However there are likely many species that have escaped the human eye to this day, and many specimens stored… …
53crab spider — n. any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that move sideways like crabs …
54Spider — Taxobox name = Spiders image width = 250px image caption = an Orb weaver spider, Family: Araneidae regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Chelicerata classis = Arachnida ordo = Araneae ordo authority = Clerck, 1757 diversity link =… …
55Calling crab — Crab Crab (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad …
56To catch a crab — Crab Crab (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad …
57crab spider — any crab shaped spider of the family Thomisidae, characterized by its sideways manner of moving. [1860 65] * * * ▪ spider family of spiders (order Araneida) that are crablike in shape and, like many crabs, often walk sideways or backward. The… …
58Spider evolution — NOTOC The evolution of spiders has been going on for at least 400 million years, since the first true spiders (thin waisted arachnids) evolved from crab like ancestors. Today, there are over 40,000 described spider species within this diverse… …
59spider — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. arachnid, spinner, harvestman, daddy longlegs. Common spiders include: tarantula, black widow, garden, diadem, grass, trapdoor, crab, water, bird, brown, hermit, wolf, jumping, burrowing, hunting, violin back, brown recluse,… …
60crab — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A short tailed or soft tailed crustacean] Syn. podothalmian, Brachyura, Anomura ( both Latin), seafood; see shellfish . Kinds of crabs include: softshell, hardshell, deep sea, king, horseshoe, blue, spider, giant spider,… …
