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rock crab

rock crab noun: hemigrapsus sexdentatus, a large-eyed marine crab found off the coast of New Zealand, the common rock crab.

Noun

rock crab (plural rock crabs)

  1. Hemigrapsus sexdentatus, a large-eyed marine crab found off the coast of New Zealand, the common rock crab
  2. Cancer irroratus, the Atlantic rock crab, a crab with large marginal teeth, found along the Atlantic coast of North America
  3. Romaleon antennarium, the Pacific rock crab of parts of the Pacific coast of North America.
  4. A red rock crab.

Forms of rock crab

pluralrock crabs

Questions about rock crab

What does rock crab mean?
Rock crab means hemigrapsus sexdentatus, a large-eyed marine crab found off the coast of New Zealand, the common rock crab.
What part of speech is rock crab?
Rock crab is a noun.
What is the plural of rock crab?
The plural of rock crab is rock crabs.

Words near rock crab in the dictionary

  1. rock cocaine
  2. rock cod
  3. rock cods
  4. rock cork
  5. Rock County
  6. rock crab
  7. rock crabs
  8. rock crawler
  9. rock crawlers
  10. Rock Creek
  11. rock crystal

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