OVALIPES OCELLATUS

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Meaning:

Brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States

Synonyms:

American lady crab; calico crab; lady crab; Ovalipes ocellatus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ovalipes ocellatus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Ovalipes ocellatus" is a member of...):

genus Ovalipes; Ovalipes (a genus of Portunidae)

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