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blue swimmer

American  

noun

  1. an edible Australian crab, Portunus pelagicus.


blue swimmer British  

noun

  1. an edible bluish Australian swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus

  2. informal an Australian ten-dollar note

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Of the prints, the blue swimmer stirred the most emphatic responses and the largest number of positive reactions: "lightness and freedom," "a loving, warm companion."

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