[ANSTHRLD] word of the day.

nweders at mail.utexas.edu nweders at mail.utexas.edu
Mon Jul 10 12:31:08 PDT 2006


I had to share this find with you all.  Somehow it just has to be used 
somewhere

Maybe as a deputy?


heraldic crab: a Japanese crab, Huenia heraldica, one of the Maiadæ: see quot.
1863 
<http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-w3.html#wood>W<http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-w3.html#wood>OOD 
Nat. Hist. III. 568 The Heraldic Crab, so called because the shape of its 
carapace presents a fanciful resemblance to the shield and mantle employed 
by heraldic painters in depicting coat armour.


Clare 



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