shore crab

noun

any of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus(purple shore crab ), of the Pacific coast of North America.

Origin of shore crab

First recorded in 1840–50

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Flip it, and you find marine wildlife — some coins have a dolphin or shore crab while others feature cod or lumpfish.
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The accompanying illustration shows four stages in the development of the Common shore crab.
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The young ones are hatched in the same state as in our common shore-crab.
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To a shore-crab that comes within its reach the slightest contact with one of those lithe arms is fatal.
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There is the common shore-crab, for example, which is green in color.
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This species, the yellow shore-crab, has a nearly square body.
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