green crab

noun

1. a yellowish-green crab, Carcinides maenas, common in shallow waters along rocky shores.

Word History and Origins

Origin of green crab¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

A green crab with malignant red eyes sticks deep its grinning claws in Stephen's heart.

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A wee crab, a green crab, waddled crookedly forth to examine with interest the thirty toes dangling into his private pool.

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In the little hollows between rocks a rock-crab or a green-crab may be found on guard.

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Rosalind had seemed droopy that morning—more green crab-apples probably.

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Dorothy stooped to get a drink and discovered in the water a green crab, about as big as her hand.

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