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blue crab

noun

Definitions

  1. Any member of either of two groups of crab

    • The blue crab is a highly important food source for its natural predators such as rays and sharks in its natural habitat, but in the north of Italy it has no predators and is reproducing without limits and destroying the local fauna.

  2. Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and…

    Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and Related terms below.)

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.

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Derived

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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA