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mitten crab(also Chinese mitten crab) nounAn olive-green Asian crab with hairy pincers that has been introduced into Europe, where it lives in fresh water and estuaries and can become a pest.- Eriocheir sinensis, family Grapsidae.
In Asia the mitten crab is considered a delicacy....- The mitten crab was first recorded in the River Aller near Weser in Germany, but has since spread throughout northern Europe as well as North America.
- As we wandered around the first section of the aquarium, peering into tanks and adoring the cuddly-looking mitten crab, we discovered a tank that seemed to have nothing in it.
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