Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crab of the genus Panopæus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A crab of the genus Panopœus (also written Panopeus).
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Examples
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They had ice cold vichyssoise followed by mud-crab and salad, and they drank white wine -- Amy warily as she wasn't used to it and didn't want to make a fool of herself.
Barefoot Bride Cork, Dorothy 1980
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She wasn't going to spoil her enjoyment of the delicious mud-crab by watching out for her make-up.
Barefoot Bride Cork, Dorothy 1980
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