American Lady Crab (Noun)
Meaning
Brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The American lady crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, is known for its vibrant coloration and distinctive spotted carapace found along sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
- Often in search of food, the American lady crab spends its days scavenging sandy shores where the waves gently lap at the shoreline.
- A child gleefully spotted a delicately patterned American lady crab peaking from the crevices between weathered rocks at the Atlantic beach.
- Several tourists along the New Jersey coastline stopped in their tracks, pointing in unison as an American lady crab awkwardly scuttled across a sandbar.
- One of the distinctive ocean treasures discovered along North Carolina's shore by a young group of avid collectors was an intact shell of an American lady crab that sadly lost its life in the previous storm.