callinectes sapidus

English Thesaurus

1. bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	swimming crab,
definition	:	marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	blue crab,
definition	:	Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat (noun.food)

member meronym	:	callinectes, genus callinectes,
definition	:	New World blue crabs (noun.animal)