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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Ocypodinae — thefiddler crabs .
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A fiddler crab, sometimes known as a calling crab, may be any of approximately 97 species of semi-terrestrial marine crabs within the genus Uca.
Fiddler Crab Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2008
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There are thousands of fiddler crabs Uca tangeri on the upper beaches, and cockles Cardium edule and the detrivorous gastropods Cymbium and Cornus spp. on the mudflats.
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Milner, Michael Jennions and Patricia Backwell of the Australian National University have demonstrated that male fiddler crabs (Uca mjoebergi) eavesdrop on the courtship display of nearby males in order to locate mate-searching females.
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Vittorio ve Uca ayrıca AP üyelerinin konuyla ilgili kendileriyle dayanışma göstermeleri çerçevesinde birde imza kampanyası başlattılar.
ABHaber 2009
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Vittorio ve Uca ayrıca AP üyelerinin konuyla ilgili kendileriyle dayanışma göstermeleri çerçevesinde birde imza kampanyası başlattılar.
ABHaber 2009
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'Dishonesty signalling of fighting ability and multiple performance traits in the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi.'
Scientific Blogging 2008
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García & Cía, 1937; México: Editorial Era, 1988; Enemigo rumar Havana: Editorial Uca.
Jose Lezama Lima greenintegerblog 2008
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Moral Essays: Contain'd in Several Treatises on Many Important Duties 1677
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