Found 2 items, similar to Fiddler.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fiddler
fiddler
n 1: a musician who plays the violin [syn:
violinist]
2: someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
[syn:
twiddler]
3: an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend [syn:
tinkerer]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fiddler
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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