- Grapsoid
- Grapsoid Grap"soid, a. [NL. Grapsus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the genus Grapsus or the family {Grapsid[ae]}. -- n. A grapsoid crab. [1913 Webster]
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Grapsoid
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grapsoid — I. ˌsȯid adjective Etymology: New Latin Grapsus + English oid : resembling or related to the family Grapsidae II. noun ( s) : a grapsoid crab … Useful english dictionary
grapsoid — grap·soid … English syllables
shore crab — noun : any of numerous crabs living between the tidemarks: as a. : green crab b. : a spider crab of the genus Libinia common along the eastern coast of the United States c. : any of several grapsoid crabs of the western coast of No. America… … Useful english dictionary
Anthus obscurus — Shore Shore, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Esacus magnirostris — Shore Shore, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Heterograpsus nudus — Shore Shore, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
horned lark — Shore Shore, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
In shore — Shore Shore, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
On shore — Shore Shore, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Otocoris alpestris — Shore Shore, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
