giant crab
noun
a large, deep-water Japanese spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi, sometimes measuring 11 feet (3.4 meters) across from claw to claw.
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I looked up and saw the broad, intensely red beam of a heat-ray like that we had seen the giant crab use.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousSuddenly I saw a giant crab pause as he lumbered along the edge of the black lake.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousThe red ray was snapped off abruptly, and the giant crab rolled over into the black water of the lake.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousA few times he had to take two shots, but ordinarily one was enough to bring down a giant crab in a writhing red mass.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousOne of these children is a giant crab named tambanokaua who lives in the sea.
The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao | Fay-Cooper Cole
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