lady crab

lady crab
noun
brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States
Hypernyms: ↑swimming crab
Member Holonyms: ↑Ovalipes, ↑genus Ovalipes

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noun
1. : a brightly spotted swimming crab (Ovalipes ocellatus) that is very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States
2. : a crab (Portunus puber) of the English coasts that is closely related and similar to the American lady crab

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a brightly speckled swimming crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, of sandy beaches along the Atlantic coast of the U.S. Also called calico crab.
[1880-85]

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lady crab,
any of various crabs, especially a species common on the Atlantic coast of the United States; calico crab.

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  • Lady crab — Taxobox name = Lady crab regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda infraordo = Brachyura familia = Portunidae genus = Ovalipes species = O. ocellatus binomial = Ovalipes ocellatus binomial… …   Wikipedia

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  • lady crab — a brightly speckled swimming crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, of sandy beaches along the Atlantic coast of the U.S. Also called calico crab. [1880 85] * * * …   Universalium

  • American lady crab — noun brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States • Syn: ↑lady crab, ↑calico crab, ↑Ovalipes ocellatus • Hypernyms: ↑swimming crab • Member Holonyms: ↑Ovalipes, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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