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giant crab spider

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Definition of giant crab spider 

: huntsman spider sense 1 Giant crab spiders are large spiders, 1″ (10-25 mm) long, named for their crablike legs.— Lorus and Margery Milne, The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders, 1980

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1921, in the meaning defined above

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