sand crab
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sand crab
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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His first book—I published it in 1913—had taken hold like a Long Island sand crab and at that time psychic research had nowhere near the vogue it has at present.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017
The PGA of America issued a clarification Friday that the Spaniard's ball actually was up against a cast made by a sand crab.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2012
All right," said Marjorie, "and Harry can be a sand crab, for he just scuttles through the sand all the time.
From Marjorie at Seacote by Carolyn Wells
To spite all its skill as a digger, to set at naught its superb visual alertness, the sand crab has a special enemy in the bird policeman which patrols the beach.
From My Tropic Isle by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
Although among the commonest of the species, the grey sand crab, which burrows bolt-holes in the beaches, is by no means an uninteresting character.
From My Tropic Isle by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
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