rock crab
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rock crab
n.
Any of various crabs found along rocky coasts, especially one of the genus Cancer, having a broad, usually oval carapace.
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Noun | 1. | rock crab - crab of eastern coast of North America crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers genus Cancer, Cancer - type genus of the family Cancridae |
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