Thesaurus: fiddler

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1. n. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
2. n. 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.
3. n. The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body.
4. n. a musician who plays the violin
5. n. someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
6. n. an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
7. 1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin. 2. (Zoöl.) 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. 3. (Zoöl.) The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. Fiddler crab. (Zoöl.) See Fiddler, n., 2.
8. A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. Themale has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in aposition similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hencethe name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fightingcrab.
9. n:100 n a musician who plays the violin n someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner n an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend