nobody crab

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English

A nobody crab

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Etymology

Compound of no +‎ body +‎ crab, referring to its extremely small torso.

Noun

nobody crab (plural nobody crabs)

  1. (rare, dated) A sea spider.
    • 1975, David Bellamy, The Life-Giving Sea, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 131:
      Nobody crabs can be found by anybody with the patience to look. They slowly crawl about on the surface of seaweeds and invertebrates, and look like a spider with a very bad dose of rust in its joints.

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