rock crabs

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.