blue crab
blue crab noun: any member of either of two groups of crab.
Noun
blue crab (plural blue crabs)
- Any member of either of two groups of crab
- The blue crab is a highly important food source for its natural predators such as rays and sharks in its natural habitat, but in the north of Italy it has no predators and is reproducing without limits and destroying the local fauna.2023 August 22, Lorenzo Tondo, “Invasive blue crabs threaten economy of whole regions of Italy, official say”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- Any crab of genus Callinectes
- especially of species Callinectes sapidus of eastern US
- A crab of species Portunus pelagicus
- Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and Related terms below.)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.
blue crab meaning in Tamil
blue crab in Tamil
- நீலநண்டு
Forms of blue crab
| plural | blue crabs |
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Words formed from blue crab
- Asian blue crab
- Atlantic blue crab
- Chesapeake blue crab
- Christmas Island blue crab
- Japanese blue crab
- lesser blue crab
- Malawi blue crab
- Maryland blue crab
- ornate blue crab
Questions about blue crab
- What does blue crab mean?
- Blue crab means any member of either of two groups of crab.
- What is blue crab in Tamil?
- Blue crab in Tamil is நீலநண்டு. See Blue crab meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is blue crab?
- Blue crab is a noun.
- What is the plural of blue crab?
- The plural of blue crab is blue crabs.
Words near blue crab in the dictionary
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