| oyster crab n. A small crab (Pinnotheres ostreum) that lives commensally inside the shell of a bivalve mollusk such as an oyster or a clam. |
oyster crab
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several small soft-bodied crabs of the genus Pinnotheres, esp P. ostreum, that live as commensals in the mantles of oysters
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| Noun | 1. |  oyster crab - tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oystersgenus Pinnotheres, Pinnotheres - type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs pea crab - tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks |
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