ghost crab

American  

noun

1. a whitish crab, Ocypode albicans, of sandy beaches from the eastern coast of the U.S. to Brazil.

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Etymology

Origin of ghost crab

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

Off North Carolina's coast, ghost crab pots continue to trap and kill diamondback terrapin turtles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cat told him about Harriet, ghost crab hunting, and what it was like to know Macon and Lily after all this time.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn