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blue crab
noun
: a large bluish-green edible crab (Callinectes sapidus of the family Portunidae) of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
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Start your day with a morning coffee, drop by for a lunch meeting to dine on tasty salade niçoise and pinsa, or come here for date night to enjoy their blue crab toast and linguine with clams.
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Rana Good, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
On the bay’s beloved blue crabs, the draft agreement calls for keeping the fishery at sustainable levels, but defers to a baywide stock assessment, which is coming out in 2026, on what the population levels ought to be.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2025
Laden with silky shreds of sweet blue crab meat, West Indies Salad proves this point.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
The seasoning of choice is Old Bay, a Baltimore product almost as beloved as blue crab.
—Christina Tkacik, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Rana Good, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
On the bay’s beloved blue crabs, the draft agreement calls for keeping the fishery at sustainable levels, but defers to a baywide stock assessment, which is coming out in 2026, on what the population levels ought to be.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2025
Laden with silky shreds of sweet blue crab meat, West Indies Salad proves this point.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
The seasoning of choice is Old Bay, a Baltimore product almost as beloved as blue crab.
—Christina Tkacik, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2025
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“Blue crab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20crab. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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