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a large, red, deepwater crab, Cancer borealis, of the east coast of North America.[1880-85, Amer.]
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North American crab species (Cancer borealis) closely related to the Dungeness crab (q.v.).* * *
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Jonah crab
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Jonah crab — Jonah Jo nah, n. The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious. [1913 Webster] {Jonah crab} (Zo[ o]l.), a large crab ({Cancer borealis}) of the eastern coast of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Jonah crab — Taxobox | name = Jonah crab regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Malacostraca subclassis = Crustacea ordo = Decapoda infraordo = Brachyura familia = Cancridae genus = Cancer species = C. borealis binomial = Cancer borealis binomial… … Wikipedia
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