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Found 1 hit - Term: shore crab, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
shore \shore\, n. oe. schore, as. score, probably fr. scieran,
   and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin
   to od. schoore, schoor. see shear, v. t.
   the coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an
   ocean, lake, or large river.
   1913 webster

         michael cassio,
         lieutenant to the warlike moor othello,
         is come shore.                           --shak.
   1913 webster

         the fruitful shore of muddy nile.        --spenser.
   1913 webster

   in shore, near the shore. --marryat.

   on shore. see under on.

   shore birds zool., a collective name for the various
      limicoline birds found on the seashore.

   shore crab zool., any crab found on the beaches, or
      between tides, especially any one of various species of
      grapsoid crabs, as heterograpsus nudus of california.

   shore lark zool., a small american lark otocoris
      alpestris found in winter, both on the seacoast and on
      the western plains. its upper parts are varied with dark
      brown and light brown. it has a yellow throat, yellow
      local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black
      streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear
      tufts. called also horned lark.

   shore plover zool., a large-billed australian plover
      esacus magnirostris. it lives on the seashore, and
      feeds on crustaceans, etc.

   shore teetan zool., the rock pipit anthus obscurus.
      prov. eng.
      1913 webster
see also:
shear in shore on shore on shore birds shore crab 
heterograpsus nudus shore lark otocoris alpestris horned lark shore plover 
esacus magnirostris shore teetan anthus obscurus 

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