“spider、crab”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

spider-crab

释义

spider-crab
[spider n. 11 b.]
One or other of several crabs belonging to the group Oxyrhyncha, esp. to the family Maioidea, and characterized by their long slender legs and spider-like appearance; a maia or maioid crab.
1710Sibbald Hist. Fife 55 Cancer Araneus Johnstoni, the Spider Crab.1756P. Browne Jamaica (1779) 421 The Spider-Crab... All the limbs are slender and delicate, in proportion to the size of the body.1848Johns Week at Lizard 229 A few spider-crabs..were also stored away.1865Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 81 The spider-crab, or maia, of little value as food, though occasionally eaten.1883Science I. 466/2 The enormous spider-crabs of the Straits of Magellan.

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