'Glass-crab' definitions:
Definition of 'Glass-crab'
From: GCIDE
- Glass-crab \Glass"-crab`\, n. (Zool.) The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'glass-crab'
From: GCIDE
- Phyllosoma \Phyl`lo*so"ma\ (f[i^]l`l[-o]*s[=o]"m[.a]), n. [NL. See Phyllo-, and -some body.] (Zool.) The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp. [1913 Webster]