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Blue crab   /blu kræb/   Listen
Blue crab

noun
1.
Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat.
2.
Bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America.  Synonym: Callinectes sapidus.





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"Blue crab" Quotes from Famous Books



... curious little crabs (Nautilograpsus) one pale blue, and the other of a pale pink colour: also, another little pale blue crab: ...
— Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2) • George Grey
... his eye on a blue crab-eater, he fired, and the bird fell to the ground. At the sound of the shot the pelicans took to flight in good order, followed by the cormorants and crows; the gulls and terns flew off up the creek; but the herons, more courageous or more stupid, remained ...
— In the Wilds of Florida - A Tale of Warfare and Hunting • W.H.G. Kingston


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