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Definition of Macrocheira
1. Noun. Giant crabs of Japan.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Majidae, Majidae
Member holonyms: Giant Crab, Macrocheira Kaempferi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Macrocheira
Literary usage of Macrocheira
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1874)
"It is the Macrocheira Camperi. "VVe made an actual measure of it, and found that,
with its long limbs extended, it had a length of eleven feet six inches. ..."
2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"Huge Spider Crab—Macrocheira Kaempferi—taken off the Coast of Japan, largest ever
captured. Length from tip of Claws 15 to 16 feet. ..."
3. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1900)
"In a list of arthropod giants the subject of the present note must be included,
and will take equal rank with the Giant Spider-Crab of Japan (Macrocheira ..."
4. The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia by John Keast Lord (1866)
"... with their extended legs; but their carapax is nearly as large and their weight
greater than even the Macrocheira of Japan. Specimens have been taken ..."
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