blue crab

/blu kræb/
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Other forms: blue crabs

Definitions of blue crab
  1. noun
    bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
    synonyms: Callinectes sapidus
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    type of:
    swimming crab
    marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming
  2. noun
    Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat
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    type of:
    crab, crabmeat
    the edible flesh of any of various crabs
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