单词 | blue crab |
释义 | blue crab in American English US any of a genus (Callinectes) of crabs, esp. a blue-legged, edible swimming species (C. sapidus) of the Atlantic coast of North America blue crab in American Englishnoun an edible crab, Callinectes sapidus, having a dark green body and bluish legs, found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America Word origin [1880–85, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, highball, jackpot, pari-mutuel, regionalismExamples of 'blue crab' in a sentence |
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