swimming crabs
swimming crabs is the plural of swimming crab.
Meaning of swimming crab
Noun
swimming crab (plural swimming crabs)
- Any of many marine crabs of the family Portunidae, whose hindmost legs are flattened into paddles.
- In normal years, swimming crabs do not occur in the Humboldt Current area south of Paita (5°S) but are restricted to the extreme north of Perú, Ecuador and Colombia.1990, W. E. Arntz, J. Tarazona, “Effects of El Niño 1982-83 on Benthos, Fish and Fisheries off the South American Pacific Coast”, in P. W. Glynn, editor, Global Ecological Consequences of the 1982-83...
- Synonyms:
- portunid
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- Swimming crabs is the plural of swimming crab.
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