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fiddler crab
noun
any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
Origin:
1700–10, Americanism
1700–10, Americanism
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Fiddler crab
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| fiddler crab | |
| —n | |
| any of various burrowing crabs of the genus Uca of American coastal regions, the males of which have one of their anterior pincer-like claws very much enlarged | |
| [C19: referring to the rapid fiddling movement of the enlarged anterior claw of the males, used to attract females] | |
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