fighting crab

fighting 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]


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