Definition of Menippe mercenaria

1. Noun. Large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida).

Exact synonyms: Stone Crab
Generic synonyms: Crab
Group relationships: Genus Menippe, Menippe
Terms within: Stone Crab

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menippe Mercenaria

Mendoza line
Mendy
Menehune
Menehunes
Menelaus
Menetrier's disease
Menetrier's syndrome
Menge's pessary
Mengen
Mengo encephalitis
Mengo virus
Meniere
Meniere's disease
Meniere's syndrome
Menippe
Menippe mercenaria
Meniscium
Menkalinan
Menkar
Menninger
Menno
Mennonite
Mennonite Church
Mennonite Low German
Mennonites
Mennonitism

Literary usage of Menippe mercenaria

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Mr. Raymond Binford, professor of biology in Guilford College, Guilford College, NC, worked on the life history of the stone crab, menippe mercenaria. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"Among those that might succeed are the large southern rock crab (menippe mercenaria); the West Indian rock crab ..."

3. Problems of Fertilization by Frank Rattray Lillie (1919)
""The Germ Cells and the Process of Fertilization in the Crab, menippe mercenaria," Jour, of Morph., XXIV, 147-200. BLOUNT, MARY. 1909. ..."

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