rock crab

rock crab
a) Hemigrapsus sexdentatus, a large-eyed marine crab found off the coast of New Zealand
b) Cancer irroratus, a crab with large marginal teeth found along the Atlantic coast of North America

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  • Rock crab — Rock Rock, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. [1913 Webster] Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. Sir …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rock crab — noun crab of eastern coast of North America • Syn: ↑Cancer irroratus • Hypernyms: ↑crab • Member Holonyms: ↑Cancer, ↑genus Cancer * * * noun : any of several crabs inhabiting rocky shores …   Useful english dictionary

  • rock crab — any of several crabs that live along rocky beaches, esp. those of the genus Cancer, as C. irroratus, of the eastern coast of North America, having the rear legs modified for running. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • Purple rock crab — Taxobox name = Purple rock crab image width = 250px image caption = Purple rock crab, Leptograpsus variegatus regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda subordo = Pleocyemata infraordo =… …   Wikipedia

  • Red rock crab — An Red rock crab is a crab.Red rock crab may refer to: * Cancer productus, common crabs along the western coast of North America * Grapsus grapsus, common crabs along the western coast of South America …   Wikipedia

  • Common rock crab — may refer to any of the following species of crab: Hemigrapsus sexdentatus Romaleon antennarium (formerly Cancer antennarius) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link …   Wikipedia

  • Rock — Rock, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. [1913 Webster] Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. Sir W.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rock alum — Rock Rock, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. [1913 Webster] Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. Sir …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rock barnacle — Rock Rock, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. [1913 Webster] Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. Sir …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rock bass — Rock Rock, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. [1913 Webster] Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. Sir …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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