HyperDic: oyster_crab

English > 1 sense of the expression oyster crab:
NOUNanimaloyster crab, Pinnotheres ostreumtiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
English > oyster crab: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters.
SynonymPinnotheres ostreum
Member ofPinnotheres, genus Pinnotherestype genus of the family Pinnotheridae
Broaderpea crabtiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks

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