A kind of lobster or crab (see lion, n. 8).

any of several crabs of a bluish colour; esp. the edible Callinectes sapidus of the east coast of North America.

a small yellowish-orange crab native to the Mediterranean and northeastern Atlantic, Goneplax rhomboides (family Goneplacidae), having a…

†(a) a spiny lobster (genus Palinurus) (obsolete); (b) any of various crabs of a red colour; esp. the edible Cancer productus and the pelagic Pleuro…

Chiefly U.S. A soft-shelled turtle. Also: a soft-shelled crab, lobster, etc.

a minute species of crab parasitic upon turtles and other marine animals.

= porcelain crab n. at porcelain, n. adj.compounds 2.

A crab of this family.

any of various crabs noted for their elegant form or attractive colouring; esp.Ovalipes ocellatus, a North American swimming crab.

An oxystomatous crab. Also occasionally as adj.

a crustacean of the family Porcellanidæ; a porcelain-crab.

a crab of the genus Porcellana or the family Porcellanidae, having a smooth carapace and commonly found beneath stones in shallow water along rocky…

A kind of crab, perhaps the velvet swimming crab, Liocarcinus puber.

A small kind of crab.

(originally) = masked crab n. at masked, adj.2 compounds 2; (also, in recent use) a similar crab of the family Dorippidae.

a species of crab found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

any of various primitive burrowing crabs constituting the family Raninidae, which have a body shape and claws modified for digging, and somewhat…

(see quot. 1880).

A crab (or other crustacean) whose shell has not yet fully hardened after moulting.

any of various crabs which use modified legs to carry or hold things, and mostly belong to the families Homolidae and Dorippidae.

an olive-green Asian crab with hairy pincers, Eriocheir sinensis (family Grapsidae), introduced accidentally into Europe where it can become a pest.