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decorator crab

decorator crab noun: a crab of certain species within the superfamily Majoidea that decorate their bodies with materials from the environment to hide from, or ward off, predators.

Noun

decorator crab (plural decorator crabs)

  1. A crab of certain species within the superfamily Majoidea that decorate their bodies with materials from the environment to hide from, or ward off, predators.

Forms of decorator crab

pluraldecorator crabs

Questions about decorator crab

What does decorator crab mean?
Decorator crab means a crab of certain species within the superfamily Majoidea that decorate their bodies with materials from the environment to hide from, or ward off, predators.
What part of speech is decorator crab?
Decorator crab is a noun.
What is the plural of decorator crab?
The plural of decorator crab is decorator crabs.

Words near decorator crab in the dictionary

  1. decorative arts
  2. decoratively
  3. decorativeness
  4. decoratives
  5. decorator
  6. decorator crab
  7. decorator crabs
  8. decorator pattern
  9. decorator patterns
  10. decorators
  11. decoratory

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