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swimming crab — noun marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming • Hypernyms: ↑crab • Hyponyms: ↑English lady crab, ↑Portunus puber, ↑American lady crab, ↑lady crab, ↑calico crab, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, esp. of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming. * * * ▪ crustacean any member of the family Portunidae (order Decapoda of the class Crustacea, phylum Arthropoda). In these animals, the… … Universalium
Crab meat — or Crabmeat is the meat found within a crab. It is used in many cuisines across the world, prized for its soft, delicate taste. Brown crab (Cancer pagurus), blue crabs (Callinectus sapidus), blue swimming crabs (Portunus pelagicus), red swimming… … Wikipedia
Crab fisheries — Crabbing redirects here. For the process in woollen textile finishing by that name, see decatising. For the aircraft landing maneuver of that name, see crosswind landing. Crab boat from the North Frisian Islands working the North Sea Crab… … Wikipedia
crab — crab1 crablike, adj. /krab/, n., v., crabbed, crabbing. n. 1. any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.… … Universalium
blue crab — noun 1. Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat • Hypernyms: ↑crab, ↑crabmeat • Part Holonyms: ↑Callinectes sapidus 2. bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America • Syn: ↑Callinectes sapidus … Useful english dictionary
blue swimmer — /blu ˈswɪmə / (say blooh swimuh) noun 1. Also, blue swimmer crab, bluey; Especially Qld, sand crab; WA, blue manna. an edible crab, Portunus pelagicus, of blue green colour and capable of powerful sustained swimming, found in the Indian Ocean and …
Swimming — is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational. Its primary uses are bathing, cooling, travel, fishing, escape, and sport. Animals with… … Wikipedia
Crab Orchard Lake — Location Williamson County, Illinois Coordinates 37°43′31″N 89°06′19″W … Wikipedia
blue crab — ☆ blue crab n. any of a genus (Callinectes) of crabs, esp. a blue legged, edible swimming species ( C. sapidus) of the Atlantic coast of North America: see CRAB1 … English World dictionary
