单词 | red rock crab |
释义 | > as lemmasred rock crab red rock crab n. either of two reddish crabs of the Pacific coast of North America: †(a) a large, spiny, anomuran king crab, Lopholithodes mandtii (obsolete); (b) the edible red crab, Cancer productus.Cf. red crab n. (b). ΚΠ 1883 R. Rathburn in Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 27 (1884) 112 A large ‘Red Rock Crab’ (Echidnoceros setimanus), living about the Farallone Islands, off San Francisco, is occasionally brought to the markets of that city as a curiosity. 1977 Ecology 58 93/1 The red rock crab, Cancer productus, feeds on thaids by cracking the snail shells..and removing the tissue. 2004 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 4 June Weekend section 24/3 Normally found in the water off of the Pacific Coast of North America, the red rock crab can be easily identified by its smooth, dark-red carapace. < as lemmas |
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