swimming crab
Noun
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Marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming (synset 101981571)
is a type of: crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincerssubtypes:
- english lady crab, portunus puber - crab of the English coasts
- american lady crab, calico crab, lady crab, ovalipes ocellatus - brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States
- blue crab, callinectes sapidus - bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
belongs to: family portunidae, portunidae - swimming crabs
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