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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various terrestrial crabs of the family Gecarcinidae of tropical regions, having a large squarish body.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crab of terrestrial rather than aquatic habits, such as any of the Gecarcinidæ. Also called
mountain-crab . - noun A burrowing crayfish, Engæus fossor, of Tasmania and Victoria (Australia), which forms crab-holes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the
land -basedcrabs of the Gecarcinidae family - noun Any of the
land -basedcrabs of the order Gecarcinucidae family
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