Definitions for oyster crab

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

oys′ter crab`(n.)

any small, thin-shelled crab of the family Pinnotheridae: the female lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of bivalves.
Category: Invertebrates

Princeton's WordNet

oyster crab, Pinnotheres ostreum(noun)
tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters

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