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green crab
noun
- a yellowish-green crab, Carcinides maenas, common in shallow waters along rocky shores.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of green crab1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
A green crab with malignant red eyes sticks deep its grinning claws in Stephen's heart.
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A wee crab, a green crab, waddled crookedly forth to examine with interest the thirty toes dangling into his private pool.
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In the little hollows between rocks a rock-crab or a green-crab may be found on guard.
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Rosalind had seemed droopy that morning—more green crab-apples probably.
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Dorothy stooped to get a drink and discovered in the water a green crab, about as big as her hand.
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