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Fiddler Crabs
(appropriate for younger kids) Stuff you should know about fiddler crabs that includes meanings and definitions!
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4th Grade
11/27/2012

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Cold Blooded
Definition
The ability to change temperature from the freezing point upward.
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Carpace
Definition
The shell that covers the body parts on the Fiddler Crabs.
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Semi-terrestrial
Definition
living part-time on land and part-time in water.
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Regeneration
Definition
re-growing of a new appendage (leg or claw)
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Cephalothorax
Definition
segment or part of the body composed of the head and thorax.
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Crepuscular
Definition
feeding in the morning and evening twilight.
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crustaceans
Definition
animals with bodies covered with hard shells
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Arthropods
Definition
large group of animals which crustaceans belong; animals with jointed legs and segmented bodies that makes up the largest group of animals on earth.
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plankton
Definition
small shrimp-like crustaceans.
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exoskeleton
Definition
hard shell covering on the outside of crustaceans.
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chelae
Definition
Pincer-like claws.
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molting
Definition
to shed skin
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