Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family comprising the spider crabs.
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- noun spider crabs
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Examples
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Grazing and predation as related to energy needs of stage I zoeae of the Tanner crab Chinoectes bairdi (Brachyura, Majidae).
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In the paper "A new species of Cyrtomaia Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae) from Micronesia" by B.R. de Forges and P.K.L. Ng in Zootaxa 1409: 61-67 (2007) a new species of Cyrtomaia deep-sea spider crab.
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A note on aggregation behaviour and mass mortality of the spider crab Maja squinado (Herbst) (Decapoda, Majidae) in shallow water on the north Co Wexford coast.
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A note on aggregation behaviour and mass mortality of the spider crab Maja squinado (Herbst) (Decapoda, Majidae) in shallow water on the north Co Wexford coast.
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