she-crab
Callinectes sapidus
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- she-crab
Compound: she + crab she: female pronoun, crab: crustacean, naming the sex directly ↳ known chiefly through she-crab soup, a Carolina Lowcountry dish traditionally made with female blue crabs and their roe
Swimming crab (Portunidae) native to the western Atlantic from Cape Cod to Argentina. Distinctive blue coloration, carapace up to 23cm wide. Invasive in the Mediterranean, where it threatens native mollusk populations.
Female of: Blue crab