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butterfly crabs

butterfly crabs is the plural of butterfly crab.

Meaning of butterfly crab

Noun

butterfly crab (plural butterfly crabs)

  1. A species of shallow-water king crab (Cryptolithodes typicus) native to coastal regions of the northeastern Pacific Ocean
    • Hart, Josephine F. L. (May 1965), “Life History and Larval Development of Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt (Decapoda, Anomura) from British Columbia”, in Crustaceana, volume 8, number 3, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 255–276: “The turtle or butterfly crab, Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1849, is a crustacean of...

Questions about butterfly crabs

What is butterfly crabs the plural of?
Butterfly crabs is the plural of butterfly crab.

Words near butterfly crabs in the dictionary

  1. butterfly clam
  2. butterfly clams
  3. butterfly clip
  4. butterfly clips
  5. butterfly crab
  6. butterfly crabs
  7. butterfly door
  8. butterfly doors
  9. butterfly effect
  10. butterfly effects
  11. butterfly fish

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