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A large Turkish ship. Crabb.

A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado).

Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadæ.

A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-eating dog.

Having the lower part of the body like a fish. Crabb.

tery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. H. L. Scott. -- Masked crab (Zoöl.), a European crab (Corystes cassivelaunus) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face. -- Masked pig (Zoöl.), a Japanese domestic hog (Sus pliciceps). Its face is deeply furrowed.…

One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillæ. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw.

A larva, in a stage following the zoëa, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively.

ludes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus.

Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.

Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.

Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiæ.

Of or pertaining to the two posterior gastric lobes of the carapace of crabs.

The face of a crab.

ease. -- Mud boat, a large flatboat used in deredging. -- Mud cat. See Catfish. -- Mud crab (Zoöl.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus Panopeus. -- Mud dab (Zoöl.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and Dab. -- Mud dauber (Zoöl.), a mud wasp. -- Mud devil (Zoöl.), the fellbender. -- Mud drum…

en furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou (M. cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M. Hentzii).

Pulverized sugar candy. Crabb.

allam. Nadir of the sun (Astron.), the axis of the conical shadow projected by the earth. Crabb.

(Her.) See Natant. Crabb.

To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] Crabb. To nail a lie or an assertion, etc., to detect and expose it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an expression probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.