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Atlantic ghost crab

Atlantic ghost crab noun: burrowing crab of the species Ocypode quadrata.

atlantic ghost crab: burrowing crab of the species Ocypode quadrata
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Noun

Atlantic ghost crab (plural Atlantic ghost crabs)

  1. Burrowing crab of the species Ocypode quadrata
    • The genus Ocypode was erected by Fabricius (1798) for two of his own species (1793), our Atlantic ghost crab and the racing crab of the coasts of India and Malaya.1946, Lorus J. Milne, Margery J. Milne, “Notes on the Behavior of the Ghost Crab”, in The American Naturalist, volume 80, number 792, Salem, USA: Essex Institute, →DOI, page 363
    • The Atlantic ghost crab is one of the many resident animals likely to greet the Cape Lookout National Seashore beachcomber.1994, Defenders, volume 69, Washington, DC: Defenders of Wildlife, page 38, column 2

Forms of Atlantic ghost crab

pluralAtlantic ghost crabs

Questions about Atlantic ghost crab

What does Atlantic ghost crab mean?
Atlantic ghost crab means burrowing crab of the species Ocypode quadrata.
What part of speech is Atlantic ghost crab?
Atlantic ghost crab is a noun.
What is the plural of Atlantic ghost crab?
The plural of Atlantic ghost crab is Atlantic ghost crabs.

Words near Atlantic ghost crab in the dictionary

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  2. Atlantic diet
  3. Atlantic diets
  4. Atlantic Flyway
  5. Atlantic Forest
  6. Atlantic ghost crab
  7. Atlantic ghost crabs
  8. Atlantic halibut
  9. Atlantic halibuts
  10. Atlantic herring
  11. Atlantic herrings

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