- One who plays on a fiddle or violin. - 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 calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab. - The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); --
so called because it continually oscillates its body.