- porcelain crab
- noun
: any of several anomuran crabs of the family Porcellanidae having a smooth porcelaneous carapace
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Porcelain crab — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Porcelain crab — Taxobox name = Porcelain crabs image width = 280px image caption = Porcelain anemone crab, Neopetrolisthes sp. with the sea anemone Condylactis sp. regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda subordo = Pleocyemata … Wikipedia
Long-clawed porcelain crab — Pisidia longicornis Crustacea … Wikipédia en Français
Porcelain — Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was called… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Porcelain clay — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Porcelain jasper — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Porcelain printing — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Porcelain shell — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crab (disambiguation) — A crab is a water dwelling creature, a decapod crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura. Crab may also refer to: Contents 1 Zoology 2 Food 3 Mythology … Wikipedia
Ivory porcelain — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
