spider crab

  • 61crab spider — noun a spider with long front legs that moves with a crablike sideways motion. [Family Thomisidae: many species.] …

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  • 62crab spider — /ˈkræb spaɪdə/ (say krab spuyduh) noun a well camouflaged spider, Synalus angustus, found on the bark of trees, which does not build a web but catches insects with its spined legs …

  • 63king crab — noun 1. meat of large cold water crab; mainly leg meat • Syn: ↑Alaska king crab, ↑Alaskan king crab, ↑Alaska crab • Hypernyms: ↑crab, ↑crabmeat • Part Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 64giant crab — noun very large deep water Japanese crab • Syn: ↑Macrocheira kaempferi • Hypernyms: ↑spider crab • Member Holonyms: ↑Macrocheira, ↑genus Macrocheira * * * noun …

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  • 65List of Atlantic crab species — Atlantic Crab/Lobster Species = Atlantic Crab/Lobster Species are species of Crab and Lobster which live in the North and South Atlantic Oceans. Here is a list of Crabs and Lobsters that live in the Atlantic Ocean: Crab* Ocypode quadrata Atlantic …

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  • 66Sea spider — Sea spi der (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See {Maioid}, and {Spider crab}, under {Spider}. (b) Any pycnogonid. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 67giant crab — a large, deep water Japanese spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi, sometimes measuring 11 ft. (3.4 m) across from claw to claw. * * * ▪ crustacean       (Macrocheira kaempferi), species of spider crab (q.v.) native to Pacific waters near Japan. It… …

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  • 68shore crab — noun : any of numerous crabs living between the tidemarks: as a. : green crab b. : a spider crab of the genus Libinia common along the eastern coast of the United States c. : any of several grapsoid crabs of the western coast of No. America… …

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  • 69snow crab — I. noun : a specially equipped railroad car that draws snow from the sides of a track onto the track so that it may be thrown further to the side by a rotary plow II. noun : any of several long legged crabs (genus Chionoecetes and especially C.… …

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  • 70Giant crab — A Giant crab is a type of crustacean.Giant crab may refer to: *Japanese spider crab ( Macrocheira kaempferi ), the largest crab species alive *Tasmanian giant crab ( Pseudocarcinus gigas ), another large crab species …

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