swimming : Idioms & Phrases
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Swimming bell
(Zoöl.) , a nectocalyx. See Illust. underSiphonophora .
Webster 1913
Swimming crab
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noun marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming
WordNet
(Zoöl.) , any one of numerous species of marine crabs, as those of the familyProtunidæ , which have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs flattened so as to serve as fins.