butterfly crab

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A species of shallow-water king crab (Cryptolithodes typicus) native to coastal regions of the northeastern Pacific Ocean
    — Hart, Josephine F. L. (19 May 1965), “Life History and Larval Development of Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt (Decapoda, Anomura) from British Columbia”, in Crustaceana, volume 8, number 3, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 255–276: “The turtle or butterfly crab, Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1849, is a crustacean of [...] the family Lithodidae.”

词形变化

butterfly crabs plural

词源

The nickname "butterfly crab" refers to the crab's butterfly-shaped carapace.
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