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spider crab

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
spi-der crab
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various species of crab of the superfamily Majoidea with long legs.

noun

Any of various species of crab of the superfamily Majoidea with long legs.

noun

A crab of species Loxorhynchus grandis.

Etymology

spider + crab. From being a crab with a resemblance to spiders.

Inflected Forms

spider crabs (plural)

Phrases

European spider crab great spider crab Japanese spider crab portly spider crab crab spider sea spider

Frequently Paired Words

crab spider sea spider

Synonyms

sheep crab

Questions

What does spider crab mean?
Any of various species of crab of the superfamily Majoidea with long legs.
Where does spider crab come from?
spider + crab. From being a crab with a resemblance to spiders.

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