swimming crab

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swimming crab

noun swimming crabs

Any of many marine crabs of the family Portunidae, whose hindmost legs are flattened into paddles. In normal years, swimming crabs do not occur in the Humboldt Current area south of Paita (5°S) but are restricted to the extreme north of Perú, Ecuador and Colombia.
Similar: portunid

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noun marine crab of the family Portunidae

中文	梭子蟹 suōzixiè
Português	siri
Русский	кра́б-плавуне́ц kráb-plavunéc

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@misc{swimming_crab_2026,
  title = {swimming crab},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swimming%20crab},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}