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PRONUNCIATION OF SOLDIER CRAB

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOLDIER CRAB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Soldier crab is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOLDIER CRAB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of soldier crab in the English dictionary

The definition of soldier crab in the dictionary is a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOLDIER CRAB

solderable
solderer
soldering iron
solderings
soldi
soldier
soldier ant
soldier beetle
soldier bird
soldier of fortune
soldier on
soldier orchid
soldier settlement
soldier settler
soldieries
soldierlike
soldierliness
soldierly
soldiership
soldiery

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOLDIER CRAB

Boston crab
catch a crab
common crab
crab
dressed crab
edible crab
fiddler crab
hard-shell crab
hermit crab
horseshoe crab
king crab
land crab
mud crab
oyster crab
pea crab
robber crab
sand crab
snow crab
soft-shell crab
spider crab
swimming crab

Synonyms and antonyms of soldier crab in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «soldier crab» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOLDIER CRAB

Find out the translation of soldier crab to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of soldier crab from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soldier crab» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

兵蟹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cangrejo soldado
570 millions of speakers

English

soldier crab
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सैनिक केकड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جندي السلطعون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

солдат краб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

soldado caranguejo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সৈনিক কাঁকড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soldat crabe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketam askar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Soldat Krabben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

兵士のカニ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

군인 게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepiting prajurit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cua lính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிப்பாய் நண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सैनिक क्रॅब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Asker yengeç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soldier crab
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krab żołnierz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

солдат краб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

soldat crab
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καβούρι στρατιώτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soldaat krap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

soldat krabba
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

soldat krabbe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soldier crab

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOLDIER CRAB»

The term «soldier crab» is used very little and occupies the 185.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOLDIER CRAB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soldier crab

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOLDIER CRAB»

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Soldier Crab, Monkey & All Ah We
C. N. Lawrence. Kai wanted to bring his pail of crabs into the house but his mom did not let him. His mom tried to convince him to set the crabs free but Kai begged and begged until his mom gave in and allowed him to let the crabs stay on the ...
C. N. Lawrence, 2014
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Household Words: A Weekly Journal
The natives call this crab the sepoy-crab, just as British coast-folks call a similar crustacean the soldier-crab. He is the soldiercrab of the tropical islands. Persons familiar with the soldier-crab of the British coasts can imagine the appearance of  ...
‎1857
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Frank Leslie's New Family Magazine
The natives call this crab the sepoy-crab, just as we call a similar crustacean the soldier-crab. lie is the soldier-crab of the tropical islands. Persons familiar with the soldier-crab can imagine the appearance of the largest sepoy-crabs, ...
Frank Leslie, 1859
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Marine Life of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
STACEANS 25 Soldier Crab (2 cm) Mictyris sp.; Ocypodidae Soldier. 21 Spotted Box Crab Calappa philargius 22 Decorator Crab Camposcia retusa 23 Halimeda Crab Huenia sp. 26 Ornamental Crab Schizophrys dama 28 Swimmer Crab ...
‎2001
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Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
(Vesey-FitzGerald 1936a:17) ◊ (ffrench 1991:344) soldier crab soldier crab n Coenobita clypeatus (E soldier crab, hermit crab), a crab that lives in empty mollusk shells; as it grows, these shells are of increasing size. (< E soldier crab, several ...
Lise Winer, 2009
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Behavioral Adaptation to Interdial Life (Nato Asi Series A, ...
Kelemic, J.A., 1979, Effects of temperature on the emergence from burrows of the soldier crab, Mictyris longicarpus (Latreille), Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. , 30: 463 . Kraus , H-J . and Tautz , J., 1981, Visual distance keeping in the soldier crab, ...
Guido Chelazzi, Marco Vannini, 1988
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Sensuous Seas: Tales of a Marine Biologist
The champion land wanderer is the soldier crab or common land hermit crab, Coenobita clypeatus. Using the shell of a dead snail, the crab has a builtin gill chamber in which it stores water. Free of the need for a burrow, soldier crabs can  ...
Eugene H. Kaplan, 2006
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Uncle Frank's Pleasant Pages for the Fireside: A Miscellany ...
THE SOLDIER CRAB. vert one, almost, knows something about the habits of the soldier crab. He is not furnished with a complete shell of his own by nature. A portion only of his body is covered with a shell. So he jumps into an empty one, and ...
Francis Channing Woodworth, 1859
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A Field Guide to Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores: Cape ...
The Soldier Crab (Pl. 58) is a large hermit crab with strong purple claws. Like other hermits, it can block the opening of its shell with its claws when it is disturbed (Fig. 38). This hermit often lives in the black-and- white shell of the West Indian ...
Eugene H. Kaplan, Roger Tory Peterson, 1999
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Issues in Ecological Research and Application: 2011 Edition
longicarpus) populations using a lipid biomarker, dual stable isotope approach “ Fatty acids (FAs) profiles and stable isotope signatures of the ghost shrimp, Trypaea australiensis and the soldier crab, Mictyris longicarpus were determined at an ...
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOLDIER CRAB»

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I'm a Celebrity: Watch Laila Morse take on soldier crabs in the 'Who …
... saying the dreaded words 'I'm a celebrity... get me out of here!' she gives it a try. The first part of the trial will see soldier crabs walk on her face for one minute. «Mirror.co.uk, Dec 13»
2
A little bit of Brac comes to visit
That is why the T-shirts sold on the Brac Exposure Day highlighted the Cayman Brac soldier crab. They were specially flown in from the Brac,” said Mr. Jackson. «Caymanian Compass, Sep 13»
3
Fraser Island soldier crab shot grabs 45000 Facebook likes
Fraser Island photographer Peter Meyer's photo of soldier crabs is still building up likes and shares on Tourism Australia's Facebook page. Contributed ... «Fraser Coast Chronicle, Aug 13»
4
Short Story - The night of the soldier crabs
It wasn't so much of the sun, sea and sand, but the fascinating sea creatures, spider crabs, soldier crabs, sea urchins, starfish, molluscs of various sizes and ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jun 12»
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Japan team creates world's first "crab computer"
The scientists have exploited the natural behavior of soldier crabs to design and build logic gates - the most basic components of an analogue computer. «Gizmag, Apr 12»
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Computer Built Using Swarms Of Soldier Crabs
Computer scientists at Kobe University in Japan have built a computer that draws inspiration from the swarming behavior of soldier crabs. The computer is based ... «Wired News, Apr 12»
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(Image: Ted Mead/Getty Images)
Although you're unlikely to ever stop by the Apple store to pick up the latest iSnap model, it turns out that swarms of soldier crabs herded through tunnels can ... «New Scientist, Apr 12»
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Born to be Viral: Snail devours mucus-coated crab
Thomas Huelsken, a biologist at the University of Queensland in Australia, headed to the beach armed with soldier crabs, moon snails and a digital camera. «New Scientist, Aug 11»
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Soldier crabs on the march
Local nature photographer John Boom came across a veritable army of soldier crabs while on a walk yesterday and couldn't resist capturing the moment. «Coff's Coast Advocate, Mar 11»
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Photos Of The Week
A giant soldier crab on Pak Bara beach in Satun province. Academics believe it may be part of a rare, new species of giant soldier crabs that are only found in ... «Bangkok Post, Mar 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Soldier crab [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/soldier-crab>. Apr 2024 ».
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