Definition of Portunus puber

1. Noun. Crab of the English coasts.

Exact synonyms: English Lady Crab
Generic synonyms: Swimming Crab
Group relationships: Genus Portunus, Portunus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Portunus Puber

Portuguese Water Dog
Portuguese Water Dogs
Portuguese West Africa
Portuguese cypress
Portuguese escudo
Portuguese heath
Portuguese man-of-war
Portuguese men-of-war
Portuguese monetary unit
Portugueseness
Portulaca grandiflora
Portulaca oleracea
Portulacaceae
Portunidae
Portunus
Portunus puber (current term)
Portuñol
Portwood
Porzana
Porzana porzana
Poseidon
Posh
Poshto
Post-It
Post-Zionism
Post-Zionist
Post-impressionist
Postal Rate Commission
Postimpressionist

Literary usage of Portunus puber

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

1. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by George Robert Gray, James Francis Stephens, Adam White, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"Cancer puber, Linn. Syst. Nat. ip 1046,40. Cancer velutinus, Penn. Brit. Zoo/, iv. p. 4, t. iv. f. 8 ; Herbst, it 7, f. 49. Portunus puber, Leach, Mal. Pod. ..."

2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1850)
"Portunus puber, LEACH—New-York Cabinet. PORTUNUS PLICATUS, M. EDW.—Boston and Charleston Cabinets. PORTUNUS MARMOREUS, LEACH—New-York and Charleston ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1906)
"... also occasionally found in moderately deep water. Genus (3) Portunus, Fabricius, 1798. 3. Portunus puber (Linne). 1767. Cancer puber, Linn., Syst. ..."

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