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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fiddler crab
fiddler crab
n : burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw
much enlarged in the male
English → English (gcide)
Definition: fiddler crab
Fiddler
\Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[eth]elere.]
1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A burrowing crab of the genus
Gelasimus, of
many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged,
and often holds it in a position similar to that in which
a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also
fiddler crab,
calling crab,
soldier crab, and
fighting crab.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) The common European sandpiper (
Tringoides hypoleucus
); -- so called because it continually
oscillates its body.
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Fiddler crab. (Zo["o]l.) See
Fiddler, n., 2.
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