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sandbug — /sand bug /, n. See mole crab. [1850 55, Amer.; SAND + BUG1] … Useful english dictionary
mole crab — a burrowing crustacean of the genus Emerita, found on sandy ocean beaches of North America, having a distinctly curved carapace. Also called sandbug. * * * ▪ crab also called sand bug (Emerita, or Hippa, talpoida) crab of the Atlantic… … Universalium
mole crab — noun : bait bug * * * a burrowing crustacean of the genus Emerita, found on sandy ocean beaches of North America, having a distinctly curved carapace. Also called sandbug. * * * mole crab, a small crustacean which buries itself in the sand under… … Useful english dictionary
