WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
shore′ crab′,
- Invertebratesany of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus (purple shore crab,) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- 1840–50
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