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LADY CRAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lady crab mean? 

LADY CRAB (noun)
  The noun LADY CRAB has 1 sense:

1. brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: LADY CRAB used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LADY CRAB (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American lady crab; calico crab; lady crab; Ovalipes ocellatus

Hypernyms ("lady crab" is a kind of...):

swimming crab (marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming)

Holonyms ("lady crab" is a member of...):

genus Ovalipes; Ovalipes (a genus of Portunidae)


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