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Webster 1913 Edition


Crabeater

Crab′eatˊer

(krăb′ētˊẽr)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
The cobia.
(b)
An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (
Hadropterus nigrofasciatus
).
(c)
A small European heron (
Ardea minuta
, and other allied species).

Definition 2024


crabeater

crabeater

See also: crab-eater

English

Noun

crabeater (plural crabeaters)

  1. The cobia or sergeant fish, Rachycentron canadum.
  2. A small heron, Ixobrychus minutus
  3. An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States, Hadropterus nigrofasciatus.