Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at carabi.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Carabi.

Examples

  • The Japanese collection was especially interesting, containing both the fine Carabi of northern countries, and the gorgeous Buprestidae and Longicorns of the tropics.

    The Malay Archipelago 2004

  • It is for the very same reason that molluscs and crustaceans admit water-I mean such animals as Carabi and Carcini.

    On youth and old age, on life and death, on breathing 2002

  • Directly after their mouth comes a gullet, which, if we compare relative sizes, is but small in proportion to the body: and then a stomach, which in the Carabi and some of the Crabs is furnished with a second set of teeth, the anterior teeth being insufficient for adequate mastication.

    On the Parts of Animals 2002

  • The distinction between the Carabi and the Carcini

    On the Parts of Animals 2002

  • For the Carabi swim about and a tail is therefore of use to them, serving for their propulsion like the blade of an oar.

    On the Parts of Animals 2002

  • Thus crustaceans, like the Carcini and Carabi, discharge water through the folds beside their shaggy parts, while cuttlefish and the polyps employ for this purpose the hollow above the head.

    On youth and old age, on life and death, on breathing 2002

  • Thus crustaceans, like the Carcini and Carabi, discharge water through the folds beside their shaggy parts, while cuttlefish and the polyps employ for this purpose the hollow above the head.

    On youth and old age, on life and death, on breathing 2002

  • For in the female Carabi these are more laminar than in the males, and in the female crabs the flap is furnished with hairier appendages.

    On the Parts of Animals 2002

  • It is for the very same reason that molluscs and crustaceans admit water-I mean such animals as Carabi and Carcini.

    On youth and old age, on life and death, on breathing 2002

  • There are four main genera, viz. the Carabi, as they are called, the Astaci, the Carides, and the Carcini.

    On the Parts of Animals 2002

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.