sand crab

American  

noun

1. any of several crabs that live on sandy beaches, as the ghost crab or mole crab.

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sand crab British  

noun

1. another name for blue swimmer

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Etymology

Origin of sand crab

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

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sand crab

His first book—I published it in 1913—had taken hold like a Long Island sand crab and at that time psychic research had nowhere near the vogue it has at present.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017

The PGA of America issued a clarification Friday that the Spaniard's ball actually was up against a cast made by a sand crab.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2012

Rick is watching me like a suspicious sand crab and your tone of voice is wrong, Scotty.

From The Flying Stingaree by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

To spite all its skill as a digger, to set at naught its superb visual alertness, the sand crab has a special enemy in the bird policeman which patrols the beach.

From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

All right," said Marjorie, "and Harry can be a sand crab, for he just scuttles through the sand all the time.

From Marjorie at Seacote by Wells, Carolyn