Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glass-crab

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: glass-crab
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mollusk of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, during its larval state (phyllosoma) which is remarkable for its thinness and transparency. It was formerly thought to be a separate organism in the family Phyllosoma

Inflected Forms

glass-crabs (plural)

Questions

What does glass-crab mean?: A mollusk of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, during its larval state (phyllosoma) which is remarkable for its thinness and transparency. It was formerly thought to be a separate organism in the family Phyllosoma

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