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Definition of Rock crab
1. Noun. Crab of eastern coast of North America.
Definition of Rock crab
1. Noun. ''Hemigrapsus sexdentatus'', a large-eyed marine crab found off the coast of New Zealand ¹
2. Noun. ''Cancer irroratus'', a crab with large marginal teeth found along the Atlantic coast of North America ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Crab
Literary usage of Rock crab
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sand Dunes and Salt Marshes by Charles Wendell Townsend (1913)
"but its shape easily distinguishes it from the common rock crab. ... Our own
common rock crab, notwithstanding its name, is an abundant frequenter of these ..."
2. Report Upon the Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound and Adjacent Waters by Addison Emery Verrill (1874)
"... bivalve and univalve mollusks, &c. TAUTOG-; BLACK FISH ; (Tautoga onitis.}
Specimens caught at Wood's Hole, May 23, contained the common rock-crab, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"In this report he gives the resulta of studies on selective destruction of the
rock crab. The climax of the studies of Weldon and his pupil, Thompson, ..."
4. 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 ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"... he gives the results of studies on selective destruction of the rock crab.
... studies of Weldon and his pupil, Thompson, on the rock crab is his pres- ..."
6. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"In the case of one rock crab, the female was beaten into submission and the male
... The female rock crab with eggs was placed with a male of the same ..."
7. Laboratory Exercises in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"If possible, get a rock crab for the collection. Compare it with the crayfish.
... Why does this crab need a shell, and the rock crab not? XVI. ..."
8. Laboratory Exercises in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"If possible, get a rock crab for the collection.. Compare it with the crayfish.
... Why does this crab need a shell, and the rock crab not? XVI. ..."
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