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PORTUNUS PUBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Portunus puber mean?
• PORTUNUS PUBER (noun)
The noun PORTUNUS PUBER has 1 sense:
1. crab of the English coasts
Familiarity information: PORTUNUS PUBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crab of the English coasts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
English lady crab; Portunus puber
Hypernyms ("Portunus puber" is a kind of...):
swimming crab (marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming)
Holonyms ("Portunus puber" is a member of...):
genus Portunus; Portunus (type genus of the family Portunidae)
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