callinectes sapidus

1. 1.

   bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America

   Synonymsblue crab

   Broaderswimming crab

   Part ofCallinectes

   Partsblue crab

Questions about callinectes sapidus

What does callinectes sapidus mean?

callinectes sapidus means "bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America".

What is another word for callinectes sapidus?

Close synonyms include blue crab. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is callinectes sapidus a common word?

callinectes sapidus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.