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PORTUNUS PUBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Portunus puber mean? 

PORTUNUS PUBER (noun)
  The noun PORTUNUS PUBER has 1 sense:

1. crab of the English coastsplay

  Familiarity information: PORTUNUS PUBER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PORTUNUS PUBER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Crab of the English coasts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

English lady crab; Portunus puber

Hypernyms ("Portunus puber" is a kind of...):

swimming crab (marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming)

Holonyms ("Portunus puber" is a member of...):

genus Portunus; Portunus (type genus of the family Portunidae)


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