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sand crab
noun
- any of several crabs that live on sandy beaches, as the ghost crab or mole crab.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sand crab1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
Much of that left in the sand crab holes had been discovered by the Spaniards—but not all.
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Some species move with great rapidity, notably the sand-crab, Ocypoda arenaria.
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This ape is very fond of shellfish, and there is a certain kind of sand-crab that suits his palate exactly.
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Somewhere at her right pause suddenly and examine a sand-crab.
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About twenty-five feet above high-water mark was the shaft of a white sand-crab.
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