swimming crab

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

swimming crab - marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimmingcrab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincersfamily Portunidae, Portunidae - swimming crabsEnglish lady crab, Portunus puber - crab of the English coastsAmerican lady crab, calico crab, lady crab, Ovalipes ocellatus - brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United StatesCallinectes sapidus, blue crab - bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America