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AMERICAN LADY CRAB
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States
Synonyms:
American lady crab; calico crab; lady crab; Ovalipes ocellatus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("American lady crab" is a kind of...):
swimming crab (marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming)
Holonyms ("American lady crab" is a member of...):
genus Ovalipes; Ovalipes (a genus of Portunidae)