Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[eth]elere.]
1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
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2. (Zool.) 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}.
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3. (Zool.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides
hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually
oscillates its body.
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{Fiddler crab}. (Zool.) See {Fiddler}, n., 2.
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Fighting \Fight"ing\, a.
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
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An host of fighting men. --2 Chron.
xxvi. 11.
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2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a
fighting field. --Pope.
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{A fighting chance}, one dependent upon the issue of a
struggle. [Colloq.]
{Fighting crab} (Zool.), the fiddler crab.
{Fighting fish} (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian
fish ({Betta pugnax}), reared by the Siamese for
spectacular fish fights.
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