fiddler

fiddler definitions

• One who fiddles; a cheat. 

• 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. 

• A large species of cicada, Macrotristria angularis, of eastern Australia; cherry nose. 

• The common European sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos); so called because it habitually wags its tail up and down resembling the back and forth movement of a fiddler. 

• One who plays the fiddle.