menippe mercenaria

English Thesaurus

1. large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida) (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	crab,
definition	:	decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	stone crab,
definition	:	pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare (noun.food)

member meronym	:	genus menippe, menippe,
definition	:	stone crabs (noun.animal)