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blue crab

DEFINITIONS OF: blue crab

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n bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America

Synonyms:
Callinectes sapidus
Type of:
swimming crab
marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming

n Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat

Type of:
crab, crabmeat
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
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