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

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

Much of that left in the sand crab holes had been discovered by the Spaniards—but not all.

From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Johnston, Charles Haven Ladd

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

Although among the commonest of the species, the grey sand crab, which burrows bolt-holes in the beaches, is by no means an uninteresting character.

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