green crab
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of green crab
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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It's also unrealistic to expect consumers to eat every single last green crab, lionfish or periwinkle.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023
While the campaign to consume more invasive green crab has ramped up over the last few years, the act of catching, hunting or foraging invasive species for the purpose of eating them is nothing new.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023
Last year, the Lummi Indian Business Council passed a resolution declaring a disaster after more than 70,000 European green crab were removed from the Nation’s waters.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022
The European green crab, Carcinus maenas, was introduced to San Francisco Bay in the late 1990s, likely in ship ballast water, and has spread north along the coast to Washington.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018
Dorothy stooped to get a drink and discovered in the water a green crab, about as big as her hand.
From Glinda of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
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