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nobody crab

nobody crab noun: a sea spider.

nobody crab: a sea spider
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Noun

nobody crab (plural nobody crabs)

  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

Forms of nobody crab

pluralnobody crabs
alternative formno-body crab
alternative formnobody-crab

Origin of nobody crab

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

Questions about nobody crab

What does nobody crab mean?
Nobody crab means a sea spider.
What part of speech is nobody crab?
Nobody crab is a noun.
What is the plural of nobody crab?
The plural of nobody crab is nobody crabs.

Words near nobody crab in the dictionary

  1. nobodaddies
  2. nobodaddy
  3. nobodies
  4. nobodiness
  5. nobody
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