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fiddler
拉小提琴者,愛玩樂者
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fid·dler
n.
1.
One
who
plays
on
a
fiddle
or
violin
.
2.
Zool.
A
burrowing
crab
of
the
genus
Gelasimus
,
of
many
species
.
The
male
has
one
claw
very
much
enlarged
,
and
often
holds
it
in
a
position
similar
to
that
in
which
a
musician
holds
a
fiddle
,
hence
the
name
; --
called
also
fiddler crab
,
calling crab
,
soldier crab
,
and
fighting crab
.
3.
Zool.
The
common
European
sandpiper
(
Tringoides hypoleucus
); --
so
called
because
it
continually
oscillates
its
body
.
Fiddler crab
.
Zool.
See
Fiddler
,
n.
, 2.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
fiddler
n
1:
a
musician
who
plays
the
violin
[
syn
:
violinist
]
2:
someone
who
manipulates
in
a
nervous
or
unconscious
manner
[
syn
:
twiddler
]
3:
an
unskilled
person
who
tries
to
fix
or
mend
[
syn
:
tinkerer
]
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