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crab vs Menippe mercenaria

Menippe mercenaria vs crab

crab and Menippe mercenaria both are nouns.

crab is a verb but Menippe mercenaria is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
crab Yes No Yes No
Menippe mercenaria Yes No No No
As nouns, Menippe mercenaria is a hyponym of crab; that is, Menippe mercenaria is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crab:
  • crab: decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
  • Menippe mercenaria: large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
Other hyponyms of crab include stone crab, hard-shell crab, soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab, Cancer magister, Dungeness crab, Cancer irroratus, rock crab, Cancer borealis, Jonah crab, swimming crab, fiddler crab, pea crab, Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, spider crab.
crab (noun) Menippe mercenaria (noun)
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
a quarrelsome grouch
crab (verb) Menippe mercenaria (verb)
complain
fish for crab
scurry sideways like a crab
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
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