portunid

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portunid

noun portunids

Any crab of the family Portunidae; a swimming crab. As you wade about, watch for the rapidly swimming portunid crabs that abound in sandy shallows. The king of portunids is the Common Blue Crab (Fig. 133, p. 321), an animal of legendary ferocity.
Similar: swimming crab

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@misc{portunid_2026,
  title = {portunid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/portunid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}