Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any of various species of crab of the superfamily Majoidea with long legs.

    any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies

  2. Any of various species of crab of the superfamily Majoidea with long legs.

    Especially, true spider crabs (family Majidae).

  3. A crab of species Loxorhynchus grandis.

    морско́й пау́кmorskój paúk

Translations

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By meaning 1
crab:

Origin

spider + crab. From being a crab with a resemblance to spiders.

spider + crab. From being a crab with a resemblance to spiders.

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Forms

plural: spider crabs
Singularspider crab
Pluralspider crabs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

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