English Explanatory Dictionary

blue crab

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any member of either of two groups of crab
  2. Any member of either of two groups of crab:
  3. Any crab of genus Callinectes
  4. especially of species Callinectes sapidus of eastern US
  5. A crab of species Portunus pelagicus
  6. Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and Related terms below.)
  7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.

Word forms

blue crab blue crabs

Related words

African blue swimming crab blue king crab blue land crab blue manna crab blue swimmer crab

Derived words

Asian blue crab Atlantic blue crab Chesapeake blue crab Christmas Island blue crab Japanese blue crab lesser blue crab Malawi blue crab Maryland blue crab ornate blue crab
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