Spider crab Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies
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(Zoöl.) , any one of numerous species of maioid crabs having a more or less triangular body and ten long legs. Some of the species grow to great size, as the great Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira Kempferi ), measuring sometimes more than fifteen feet across the legs when they are extended.