she-crab

noun

A female Chesapeake Bay blue crab, especially an immature one (as contrasted with a sook).

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Meanings

nounshe-crab (plural she-crabs)

plural she-crabs

  1. A female Chesapeake Bay blue crab, especially an immature one (as contrasted with a sook).

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:she-crab.

Origin

From she- + crab.

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APA

she-crab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/she-crab

MLA

“she-crab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/she-crab. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “she-crab,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/she-crab.

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