rock crab
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Noun
- Any of several kinds of crabs often found on rocky coasts, especially: Hemigrapsus sexdentatus, a large-eyed marine crab found off the coast of New Zealand, the common rock crab
- Any of several kinds of crabs often found on rocky coasts, especially: Cancer irroratus, the Atlantic rock crab, a crab with large marginal teeth, found along the Atlantic coast of North America
- Any of several kinds of crabs often found on rocky coasts, especially: Romaleon antennarium, the Pacific rock crab of parts of the Pacific coast of North America.
- Any of several kinds of crabs often found on rocky coasts, especially: A red rock crab.
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