Definition of Blue Crab in English :

Define Blue Crab in English

Blue Crab meaning in English

Meaning of Blue Crab in English

Pronunciation of Blue Crab in English

Blue Crab pronunciation in English

Pronounce Blue Crab in English

Blue Crab

see synonyms of blue crab

Noun

1. blue crab

Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat

2. blue crab, callinectes sapidus

bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Blue Crab

see synonyms of blue crab
any of a genus (Callinectes) of crabs, esp. a blue-legged, edible swimming species (C. sapidus) of the Atlantic coast of North America

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Blue Crab

see synonyms of blue crab
n.
An edible, bluish swimming crab (Callinectes sapidus) of coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.