Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of several different crabs found on rocky sea-bottoms, as the common Carcinus mænas, Cancer irroratus, C. antennarius. Panopæus depressus, and related species.
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In the little hollows between rocks a rock-crab or a green-crab may be found on guard.
Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918
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