What does oyster crab mean?

oyster crab means "tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters".

What is another word for oyster crab?

Close synonyms include Pinnotheres ostreum. 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 oyster crab a common word?

oyster crab 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.

Oyster crab — meaning and 1 synonym

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
SynonymsPinnotheres ostreum
Broaderpea crab
Part ofPinnotheres

Questions about oyster crab

What does oyster crab mean?: oyster crab means "tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters".
What is another word for oyster crab?: Close synonyms include Pinnotheres ostreum. 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.

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