FIDDLER CRAB

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fiddler crab mean? 

• FIDDLER CRAB (noun)
  The noun FIDDLER CRAB has 1 sense:

1. burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male

  Familiarity information: FIDDLER CRAB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIDDLER CRAB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("fiddler crab" is a kind of...):

crab (decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers)

Holonyms ("fiddler crab" is a member of...):

genus Uca; Uca (fiddler crabs)