Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of harvestmen, giving name to the order Opiliones.
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Examples
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I'm finding it a little painful to watch this time around though, knowing what I do about the end of opilio season.
Remember when I didn't use the same icon every day? greygirlbeast 2010
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I'm finding it a little painful to watch this time around though, knowing what I do about the end of opilio season.
Remember when I didn't use the same icon every day? greygirlbeast 2010
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He had a stroke while offloading during opilio season. he was doing fine. they were gonna send him to a rehab clinic in seattle but he had a second pulmonary embolism.
Capt. Phil's final episode of 'Deadliest Catch' repeats tonight | EW.com 2010
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The hit series focuses on the travails of the crab fishermen of Alaska; over the last few years devoted viewers have come to know the hard-bitten crews of the vessels the Cornelia Marie, the Time Bandit, the Northwestern, the Wizard and the Kodiak as they ply the unforgiving Bering Sea during the king and opilio crab seasons.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships: The Death of Capt. Phil Harris 2010
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They're on the hunt for Chionoecetes opilio -- also known as snow crab.
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As you may already know, opilio season has begun and the guys are in the thick of it.
February 2009 2009
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Assessment of the eastern Bering Sea snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio, stock under the terminal molting hypothesis.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the North Pacific (Bering Sea) 2009
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They're on the hunt for Chionoecetes opilio -- also known as snow crab.
Crab 2009
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Direct impacts on crab pot loss resulting from shifts in the position of the ice edge have been noted in the opilio fisheries in some cold years.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the North Pacific (Bering Sea) 2009
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Final Report: Yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera) predation on three commercial crab species (Chionoecetes opilio, C. Bairdi, and Paralithodes camtschatica) in the southeastern Bering Sea.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the North Pacific (Bering Sea) 2009
Prolagus commented on the word opilio
Opinion in Fourceelian language.
June 19, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word opilio
As for the crab, I've also seen it spelled opelio.
June 19, 2009