stone crab

stone crab

n.

A large edible crab (Menippe mercenaria) found along the Atlantic coast of the southern United States.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stone crab - pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare Menippe mercenaria, stone crab - large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida) crabmeat, crab - the edible flesh of any of various crabs
	2.	stone crab - large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida) Menippe mercenaria crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers genus Menippe, Menippe - stone crabs stone crab - pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare