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Menippe mercenaria

DEFINITIONS OF: Menippe mercenaria

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n large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)

Synonyms:
stone crab
Type of:
crab
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
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