noun
brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States
• Syn: ↑American lady crab, ↑lady crab, ↑Ovalipes ocellatus
• Hypernyms: ↑swimming crab
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ovalipes, ↑genus Ovalipes
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noun1. : lady crab
2. : a shallow-water crab (Hepatus epheliticus) brilliantly spotted with red and occurring along the coast from Maryland to Cuba and Texas
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calico crab,
= lady crab. (Cf. ↑lady crab)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.