HyperDic: menippe_mercenaria

English > 1 sense of the expression Menippe mercenaria:
NOUNanimalMenippe mercenaria, stone crablarge edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
English > Menippe mercenaria: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida).
Synonymstone crab
Member ofMenippe, genus Menippestone crabs
Partsstone crabpale flesh with delicate texture and flavor
Broadercrabdecapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

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