- Sand crab
The common term sand crab can refer to either
* Crustacea of the superfamily
Hippoidea , often known as "mole crabs".
* Crabs of the genus "Ocypode", also commonly known asghost crab s.
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Sand crab — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sand crab — noun 1. a. (1) : lady crab 1 (2) : an Australian swimming crab (Ovalipes bipustulatus) b. : a crab of Ocypode or a r … Useful english dictionary
sand crab — any of several crabs that live on sandy beaches, as the ghost crab or mole crab. [1835 45] * * * … Universalium
sand crab — noun a crab of the Hippoidea superfamily of decapod crustaceans … Wiktionary
sand crab — /ˈsænd kræb/ (say sand krab) noun Especially Qld → blue swimmer (def. 1). Also, Colloquial, sandie …
sand crab — Ōhiki … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Puerto Rican sand crab — Taxobox name = Puerto Rican sand crab image width = image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda subordo = Pleocyemata infraordo = Anomura familia = Hippidae genus = Emerita… … Wikipedia
Sand — Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sand badger — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sand bag — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
