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Definition of Menippe mercenaria
1. Noun. Large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida).
Generic synonyms: Crab
Group relationships: Genus Menippe, Menippe
Terms within: Stone Crab
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menippe Mercenaria
Literary usage of Menippe mercenaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Mr. Raymond Binford, professor of biology in Guilford College, Guilford College,
NC, worked on the life history of the stone crab, menippe mercenaria. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"Among those that might succeed are the large southern rock crab (menippe mercenaria);
the West Indian rock crab ..."
3. Problems of Fertilization by Frank Rattray Lillie (1919)
""The Germ Cells and the Process of Fertilization in the Crab, menippe mercenaria,"
Jour, of Morph., XXIV, 147-200. BLOUNT, MARY. 1909. ..."