English noun: blue crab | |||
1. | blue crab (food) Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat | ||
Broader (hypernym) | crab, crabmeat | ||
Part meronym | blue crab, Callinectes sapidus | ||
2. | blue crab (animal) bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America | ||
Synonyms | Callinectes sapidus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | swimming crab | ||
Part holonym | blue crab | ||
Member meronym | Callinectes, genus Callinectes | ||