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Definition of Oyster crab

1. Noun. Tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oyster Crab

Literary usage of Oyster crab

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

1. Oysters and Fish by Thomas Jefferson Murrey (1888)
"THE oyster crab. THE little crab found in the oyster is not, as commonly supposed by two-thirds of the oyster- eating community to be, the young of the blue ..."

2. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"The oyster crab is a little crab which lives inside the shell of the oyster. Only females are usuall? found, ... oyster crab. The Robber Crab of the Indian ..."

3. The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering by Jessup Whitehead (1903)
"The smallest is the oyster crab, found living in the same shell with CRA the oyster, and of late this has come into the list of delicacies; oyster crabs in ..."

4. The Murrey Collection of Cookery Books by Thomas Jefferson Murrey (1895)
"THE oyster crab. THE little crab found in the oyster is not, as commonly supposed by two-thirds of the oyster- eating community to be, the young of the blue ..."

5. Living Creatures of Water, Land and Air: For the Fourth Reader Grade by John Monteith (1888)
"It is the oyster crab, a greenish little creature when alive, but becoming red when cooked. It is a dainty morsel, and was so regarded by George Washington. ..."

6. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1893)
"The following facts were stated in the special case :— On the 4th of July, 1892, during the period of close- time provided by the Fisheries (Oyster, Crab, ..."

7. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1895)
"4, c. o2), as being a case under a statute which he considered had an exactly similar purpose to that of the Fisheries (Oyster, Crab, and Lobster) Act, ..."

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