Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blue_crab

2 senses of blue crab

Sense 1
blue crab -- (Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat)
       => crab, crabmeat -- (the edible flesh of any of various crabs)

Sense 2
blue crab, Callinectes sapidus -- (bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America)
       => swimming crab -- (marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming)