spider crab


noun

any of various crabs of the family Majidae, having long, slender legs and a comparatively small, triangular body.

Origin of spider crab

First recorded in 1700–10

Words nearby spider crab

Example sentences from the Web for spider crab

  • This species of spider-crab is found from Greenland to New Jersey, in shallow as well as in deep water.

    The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide |Augusta Foote Arnold
  • When a spider-crab grows too large for his clothes, he rips them at the back, and out he slides, a helpless soft mass.

British Dictionary definitions for spider crab

spider crab

noun

any of various crabs of the genera Macropodia, Libinia, etc, having a small triangular body and very long legs