Meanings
plural nobody crabs · alternative no-body crab · alternative nobody-crab
- datedrareA sea spider.
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.
1975, David Bellamy, The Life-Giving Sea, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 131
Origin
Compound of no + body + crab, referring to its extremely small torso.
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nobody crab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nobody%20crab
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