Meanings
nounspider crab (plural spider crabs)
plural spider crabs
- Any of various species of crab of the superfamily Majoidea with long legs.
- especially, true spider crabs (family Majidae).
- A crab of species Loxorhynchus grandis.
Synonyms: sheep crab
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA crab of species Loxorhynchus grandis.
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Origin
spider + crab. From being a crab with a resemblance to spiders.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian морски паяк
- морски паяк (morski pajak)crab
Chinese Mandarin 蜘蛛蟹
- 蜘蛛蟹 (zhīzhūxiè)crab
Finnish hämähäkkirapu
- hämähäkkirapucrab
French araignée de mer
- araignée de mercrab
Irish portán faoilinne, portán iarainn
- portán faoilinnecrab
- portán iarainncrab
- crúbachcrab
- portán crúbachcrab
Italian grancevola
- grancevolacrab
Polish krab pacyficzny
- krab pacyficznycrab
Portuguese santola
- santolacrab
Russian морско́й пау́к
- морско́й пау́к (morskój paúk)crab
Spanish cangrejo araña
- cangrejo arañacrab
Swedish spindelkrabba
- spindelkrabbacrab
Welsh cranc heglog, cranc hirgoes
- cranc heglogcrab
- cranc hirgoescrab
- copyn-granccrab
- corryn-granccrab
- Wili wylltcrab
- wìl wylltcrab
- cranc heglog pigog (spiny spider crab)crab
Cite this entry
APA
spider crab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spider%20crab
MLA
“spider crab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spider%20crab. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spider crab,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spider%20crab.
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