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Fiddler crab   /fˈɪdələr kræb/   Listen
noun
Fiddler  n.  
1.
One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
2.
(Zool.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; called also fiddler crab, calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab.
3.
(Zool.) The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); so called because it continually oscillates its body.
Fiddler crab. (Zool.) See Fiddler, n., 2.






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