blue crab

1. Any member of either of two groups of crab

2. Any member of either of two groups of crab:

   Any crab of genus Callinectes

3. Any crab of genus Callinectes

   Especially of species Callinectes sapidus of eastern US

4. Any member of either of two groups of crab:

   A crab of species Portunus pelagicus

5. Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and Related terms below.)

6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.

1. Off the coast of New England, fishermen have caught too many striped bass and blue crabs.

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2. Look, look! On the branch of the orange tree, there is a blue hermit crab!

   deKuck mal! Kuck mal! Da ist ein blauer Einsiedlerkrebs auf dem Orangenbaum! — Yorwba

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