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Definition of Swimming crab
1. Noun. Marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming.
Group relationships: Family Portunidae, Portunidae
Specialized synonyms: English Lady Crab, Portunus Puber, American Lady Crab, Calico Crab, Lady Crab, Ovalipes Ocellatus, Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swimming Crab
Literary usage of Swimming crab
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1875)
"Among these is a swimming crab, of the genus ... When Stimpson wrote, no species
of swimming crab had been found upon the Pacific Coast, but Dr. Cooper ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall by Royal Institution of Cornwall (1875)
"Nipper or Henslow's swimming crab.— Leach, Malac. Brit., t. ... This, more than
any of the others, is a swimming crab ; for whilst the other British species ..."
3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1875)
"Among these is a swimming crab, of the genus ... When Stimpson wrote, no species
of swimming crab had been found upon the Pacific Coast, but Dr. Cooper ..."
4. Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall by Royal Institution of Cornwall (1875)
"Nipper or Henslow's swimming crab.— Leach, Malac. Brit., t. ... This, more than
any of the others, is a swimming crab ; for whilst the other British species ..."
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