noun
large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America
• Syn: ↑Cancer borealis
• Hypernyms: ↑crab
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cancer, ↑genus Cancer
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nounUsage: usually capitalized J
: a large reddish crab (Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of No. America that is sometimes found along rocky shores but is more common in deep water
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a large, red, deepwater crab, Cancer borealis, of the east coast of North America.
[1880-85, Amer.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.