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nobody crab en · NOUN

Etymology

Compound of no + body + crab, referring to its extremely small torso.

Meanings

1. (dated, rare) A sea spider.
   • Nobody crabs can be found by anybody with the patience to look. They slowly crawl about on the surface of seaweeds and invertebrates, and look like a spider with a very bad dose of rust in its joints. 1975, David Bellamy, The Life-Giving Sea, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 131:

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