Lexic.us

Definition of Blue crab

1. Noun. Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat.

2. Noun. Bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Crab

blue chamber blue chambers blue channel cat blue channel catfish blue cheese blue cheese dressing blue cheeses blue chip blue circle rate blue circle rates

blue cod blue cohosh blue columbine blue cone monochromatism blue copperas blue crab (current term) blue cross blue curls blue daisy blue darter

blue daze blue dazes blue devil blue devils blue dextran blue disease blue dome cyst blue dot sign blue dwarf blue elder

Literary usage of Blue crab

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1906)
"blue crab REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE AQUARIUM TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS THE improvement and modernization of the Aquarium building and its equipment has ..."

2. Recirculation edited by Peter W. Perschbacher (1995)
"In: National Symposium on the Soft-Shelled blue crab Fishery:41-47. ... Limiting factors associated with nitrification in closed blue crab shedding systems. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"SJ HOLMES MOTE ON THE ABSORPTION OP CALCIUM DURING THE MOLTING OF THE blue crab, CALLINECTES SAPIDUS THE problem of molting in crabs has thus far been ..."

4. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"The blue crab is the common edible Crab of the Atlantic Coast, and ranges from Massachusetts Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. The season for its fishery is of ..."

5. Essentials of Biology Presented in Problems: By George William Hunter by George William Hunter (1911)
"The blue crab. — Another edible crustacean of considerable economic ... Usually it is The edible blue crab. From photograph loaned carried close to the ..."

6. A Review of the Fishery Industries of the United States and the Work of the by George Brown Goode (1883)
"The most valuable of these are the blue crab (Callinectes hastatus), ... The Blue Crab is the common edible Crab of the Atlantic Coast, and ranges from ..."

7. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1906)
"blue crab REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE AQUARIUM TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS THE improvement and modernization of the Aquarium building and its equipment has ..."

8. Recirculation edited by Peter W. Perschbacher (1995)
"In: National Symposium on the Soft-Shelled blue crab Fishery:41-47. ... Limiting factors associated with nitrification in closed blue crab shedding systems. ..."

9. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"SJ HOLMES MOTE ON THE ABSORPTION OP CALCIUM DURING THE MOLTING OF THE blue crab, CALLINECTES SAPIDUS THE problem of molting in crabs has thus far been ..."

10. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"The blue crab is the common edible Crab of the Atlantic Coast, and ranges from Massachusetts Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. The season for its fishery is of ..."

11. Essentials of Biology Presented in Problems: By George William Hunter by George William Hunter (1911)
"The blue crab. — Another edible crustacean of considerable economic ... Usually it is The edible blue crab. From photograph loaned carried close to the ..."

12. A Review of the Fishery Industries of the United States and the Work of the by George Brown Goode (1883)
"The most valuable of these are the blue crab (Callinectes hastatus), ... The Blue Crab is the common edible Crab of the Atlantic Coast, and ranges from ..."

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