What does blue crab mean?

blue crab

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Frequency: 3.74 in modern English

Syllables: blue crab
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Any member of either of two groups of crab

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Any member of either of two groups of crab:

noun

Any member of either of two groups of crab:

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Any member of either of two groups of crab:

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

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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

blue crabs (plural)

Phrases

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

Frequently Paired Words

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

Synonyms

callinectes sapidus

blue crab

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