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shorecrab

shorecrab is the alternative form of shore crab.

Meaning of shore crab

Noun

shore crab (plural shore crabs)

  1. A type of crab (Carcinus maenas) native to the coasts of Europe and North Africa.
    Synonyms:
    European green crab, European shore crab, green crab

Forms of shorecrab

pluralshorecrabs

Questions about shorecrab

What is shorecrab the alternative form of?
Shorecrab is the alternative form of shore crab.

Words near shorecrab in the dictionary

  1. shorebird
  2. shorebirds
  3. shorebound
  4. shorebreak
  5. shorebreaks
  6. shorecrab
  7. shorecrabs
  8. shored
  9. shored up
  10. Shoreditch
  11. shoreface

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