Found 1 items, similar to calling crab.
English → English (gcide) Definition: calling crab Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[eth]elere.] 1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus ); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. [1913 Webster] Fiddler crab. (Zo["o]l.) See Fiddler, n., 2. [1913 Webster]