noun
crab of eastern coast of North America
• Syn: ↑Cancer irroratus
• Hypernyms: ↑crab
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cancer, ↑genus Cancer
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noun : any of several crabs inhabiting rocky shores: as
a. : a crab (Cancer irroratus) of the east coast of No. America
b. : a crab (Cancer antennarius) of the Pacific coast
c. : sally lightfoot
d. : an Australian crab (Nectocarcinus integrifrons)
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any of several crabs that live along rocky beaches, esp. those of the genus Cancer, as C. irroratus, of the eastern coast of North America, having the rear legs modified for running.
[1830-40, Amer.]
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rock crab,
any one of several different kinds of crab found on rocky sea-bottoms.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.