mangrove crab
noun
1Any of various small grapsoid crabs found in mangrove swamps of the West Indies and tropical America.
2 Australian the mud crab, Scylla serrata, a large edible swimming crab found in mangrove swamps of the Indo-Pacific.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Patrick Browne (c1720–1790), physician and botanist.
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