noun
marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming
• Hypernyms: ↑crab
• Hyponyms:
↑English lady crab, ↑Portunus puber, ↑American lady crab, ↑lady crab, ↑calico crab, ↑Ovalipes ocellatus, ↑blue crab, ↑Callinectes sapidus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Portunidae, ↑family Portunidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.