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spider crab

DEFINITIONS OF: spider crab

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n any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies

Types:
European spider crab, Maja squinado, king crab
a large spider crab of Europe
Macrocheira kaempferi, giant crab
very large deep-water Japanese crab
Type of:
crab
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
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