purse crab
noun
Any crab of the family Leucosiidae, in which the females have a rounded chamber on the abdomen in which the egg mass is enclosed; especially a crab of the genus Persephona, of the West Atlantic.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in James Petiver (c1665–1718), botanist and entomologist.
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