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Definition of Spider crab
1. Noun. Any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies.
Group relationships: Family Majidae, Majidae
Specialized synonyms: European Spider Crab, King Crab, Maja Squinado, Giant Crab, Macrocheira Kaempferi
Definition of Spider crab
1. Noun. Any of various species of crab of the family Majidae with long legs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spider Crab
Literary usage of Spider crab
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"I. See spider crab. II. The common name of certain marine arachnids of the order
... spider crab ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"The period is the small Four-horned Spider-crab (P$NZ tetraodon); one of great
disadvantage to the crabs, not the little Pea-crab ..."
3. Essentials of Biology Presented in Problems: By George William Hunter by George William Hunter (1911)
"A deep-water crab often seen along Long Island Sound is the spider crab, ...
This Giant spider crab from Japan. From photograph loaned by the American ..."
4. Essentials of Biology Presented in Problems: By George William Hunter by George William Hunter (1911)
"A deep-water crab often seen along Long Island Sound is the spider crab, ...
This Giant spider crab from Japan. From photograph loaned by the American ..."
5. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"... so much eaten ; the Slender Spider-crab or Slender-beaked Crab ... with very
long spider-like legs and bright Slender Spider-crab ..."
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