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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Fiddler

/fĭd'-əl-ẽr/ · Fid·dler · IPA /ˈfɪdələ(ɹ)/
01 n. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
  1. 1.
    One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
  2. 2.
    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 fiddler crab, calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab.(Zool.) Also: fiddler crab, calling crab, soldier crab, fighting crab
  3. 3.
    The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Fiddler crab — See Fiddler, n., 2.