Definition of American lady crab

1. Noun. Brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States.

Exact synonyms: Calico Crab, Lady Crab, Ovalipes Ocellatus
Generic synonyms: Swimming Crab
Group relationships: Genus Ovalipes, Ovalipes

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Lady Crab

American gray birch
American green toad
American hackberry
American harvest mouse
American hazel
American hellebore
American holly
American hop
American hornbeam
American hornbeams
American ivy
American jay
American jays
American kestrel
American kestrels
American lady crab (current term)
American language
American larch
American laurel
American laurels
American leishmaniasis
American licorice
American lime
American liquorice
American lobster
American lotus
American magpie
American maidenhair fern
American marten
American mastodon

Literary usage of American lady crab

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"... chapter on, 12; the eatable crab, 65 Colouring, of common shrimp, 16 ; American Lady Crab, 68; ..."

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