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Definition of Ebalia tuberosa

Ebalia tuberosa
Nut Nut, n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n["o]t, Dan. n["o]d.] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel. 2. A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt. 3. The tumbler of a gunlock. --Knight. 4. (Naut.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place. Check nut, Jam nut, Lock nut, a nut which is screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut. Nut buoy. See under Buoy. Nut coal, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal and larger than pea coal; -- called also chestnut coal. Nut crab (Zo["o]l.), any leucosoid crab of the genus Ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of Europe. Nut grass (Bot.), a plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus rotundus, var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks bearing small, nutlike tubers, by which the plant multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields. Nut lock, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by jarring.

Meaning of Ebalia tuberosa from wikipedia

- Ebalia tuberosa, sometimes called Pennant's nut crab, is a species of crab in the family Leucosiidae. This species is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean...
- Ebalia is a genus of crab in the family Leucosiidae. Ebalia abdominalis Nobili, 1906 Ebalia affinis Miers, 1881 Ebalia agglomus Barnard, 1955 Ebalia barnardi...
- Leucosiidae Ebalia cranchii Leach, 1817 Ebalia granulosa H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 Ebalia nux A. Milne-Edwards, 1883 Ebalia tuberosa (Pennant, 1777) Ebalia tumefacta...
- Laevicardium cr****um (Gmelin, 1791) Coregonus pennantii Ebalia pennantii Leach, 1817: synonym of Ebalia tuberosa (Pennant, 1777) Funambulus pennantii Gibbula pennanti...
- personata Dyspanopeus sayi Dyspanopeus tex**** Ebalia cariosa Ebalia cranchii Ebalia stimpsonii Ebalia tuberosa Ebalia tumefacta Epialtus bituberculatus Epialtus...
- tenuirostris (slender spider crab) 5 species including Ebalia tuberosa (Pennant's nut crab) Ebalia tumefacta (Bryer's nut crab) 17 species including Eurynome...