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Meaning of butterfly crab | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A species of shallow-water king crab (Cryptolithodes typicus) native to coastal regions of the northeastern Pacific Ocean

Examples

“Hart, Josephine F. L. (May 1965), “Life History and Larval Development of Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt (Decapoda, Anomura) from British Columbia”, in Crustaceana, volume 8, number 3, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 255–276: “The turtle or butterfly crab, Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1849, is a crustacean of [...] the family Lithodidae.””

“Fretwell, Kelly; Starzomski, Brian (2015), “Butterfly crab • Cryptolithodes typicus”, in Biodiversity of the Central Coast, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2018: “The butterfly crab's range extends from northern Alaska to southern California.””

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

butterfly door butterfly effect butterfly fish butterfly ginger butterfly keyboard butterfly kick