kemancı yengeci

Turkish - English

Definition of kemancı yengeci in Turkish English dictionary

fiddler crab

a genus of crab in which the male has one hugely enlarged claw (genus Uca)

Any of various burrowing crabs of the genus Uca of coastal areas, the male of which has a greatly enlarged anterior claw. Any of about 65 species of decapods (genus Uca) whose males hold one claw, always much larger than the other, somewhat like a violin. Both claws of the female are relatively small. Fiddler crabs often live in large numbers on beaches in temperate to tropical regions of the world. They inhabit water-covered burrows up to about 1 ft (30 cm) deep and feed on algae and other organic matter. Common North American species (e.g., marsh fiddler, china-back fiddler) live all along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Brightly coloured, they range in body size from about 1 to 1.2 in. (2.5 to 3 cm)

burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male

Hyphenation

ke·man·cı yen·ge·ci