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Definition of Portunus puber
1. Noun. Crab of the English coasts.
Generic synonyms: Swimming Crab
Group relationships: Genus Portunus, Portunus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portunus Puber
Literary usage of Portunus puber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by George Robert Gray, James Francis Stephens, Adam White, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"Cancer puber, Linn. Syst. Nat. ip 1046,40. Cancer velutinus, Penn. Brit. Zoo/, iv.
p. 4, t. iv. f. 8 ; Herbst, it 7, f. 49. portunus puber, Leach, Mal. Pod. ..."
2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1850)
"portunus puber, LEACH—New-York Cabinet. PORTUNUS PLICATUS, M. EDW.—Boston and
Charleston Cabinets. PORTUNUS MARMOREUS, LEACH—New-York and Charleston ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1906)
"... also occasionally found in moderately deep water. Genus (3) Portunus, Fabricius,
1798. 3. portunus puber (Linne). 1767. Cancer puber, Linn., Syst. ..."
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