English Dictionary: fiddler | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas}, {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family {Tringid[91]}. Note: The most important North American species are the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}), called also {brownback}, {grass snipe}, and {jacksnipe}; the red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin ({T. alpina}); the purple sandpiper ({T. maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({T. canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail ({Actitis macularia}); the buff-breasted sandpiper ({Tryngites subruficollis}), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or upland plover. See under {Upland}. Among the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper ({Actitis, [or] Tringoides, hypoleucus}), called also {fiddler}, {peeper}, {pleeps}, {weet-weet}, and {summer snipe}. Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called sandpipers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride. {Curlew sandpiper}. See under {Curlew}. {Stilt sandpiper}. See under {Stilt}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[?]elere.] 1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) 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. (Zo[94]l.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. {Fiddler crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}, n., 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas}, {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family {Tringid[91]}. Note: The most important North American species are the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}), called also {brownback}, {grass snipe}, and {jacksnipe}; the red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin ({T. alpina}); the purple sandpiper ({T. maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({T. canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail ({Actitis macularia}); the buff-breasted sandpiper ({Tryngites subruficollis}), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or upland plover. See under {Upland}. Among the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper ({Actitis, [or] Tringoides, hypoleucus}), called also {fiddler}, {peeper}, {pleeps}, {weet-weet}, and {summer snipe}. Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called sandpipers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride. {Curlew sandpiper}. See under {Curlew}. {Stilt sandpiper}. See under {Stilt}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[?]elere.] 1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) 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. (Zo[94]l.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. {Fiddler crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}, n., 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[?]elere.] 1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) 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. (Zo[94]l.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. {Fiddler crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}, n., 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuddler \Fud"dler\, n. A drunkard. [Colloq.] --Baxter. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Foothill Ranch, CA Zip code(s): 92610 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fatal error abrupt {termination} of the program. The program may be terminated either by itself or by the {operating system} (a "{fatal exception}"). In the former instance, the program contains code which catches the error and, as a result, returns to the operating system or calls an operating system service to terminate the program. (1997-08-03) |