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sponge crab

sponge crab noun: any of the crabs in the family Dromiidae, which carry pieces of live sponge to hide under.

sponge crab: any of the crabs in the family Dromiidae, which carry pieces of live sponge to hide under
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Noun

sponge crab (plural sponge crabs)

  1. Any of the crabs in the family Dromiidae, which carry pieces of live sponge to hide under.

Forms of sponge crab

pluralsponge crabs

Questions about sponge crab

What does sponge crab mean?
Sponge crab means any of the crabs in the family Dromiidae, which carry pieces of live sponge to hide under.
What part of speech is sponge crab?
Sponge crab is a noun.
What is the plural of sponge crab?
The plural of sponge crab is sponge crabs.

Words near sponge crab in the dictionary

  1. sponge cities
  2. sponge city
  3. sponge cloth
  4. sponge construction
  5. sponge constructions
  6. sponge crab
  7. sponge crabs
  8. sponge down
  9. sponge downs
  10. sponge finger
  11. sponge fingers

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