"river crab" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: river crabs [plural]
Etymology: A calque of Chinese 河蟹 (héxiè). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|zh|河蟹|tr=héxiè}} Chinese 河蟹 (héxiè) Head templates: {{en-noun}} river crab (plural river crabs)
  1. A Chinese mitten crab. Categories (lifeform): Crabs
    Sense id: en-river_crab-en-noun-Y2T-RQqG Disambiguation of Crabs: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From 河蟹 (héxiè, “river crab”) above, a near-homonym of 和谐 (héxié, “harmony”), referring to China's Harmonious Society campaign. Etymology templates: {{m|zh|河蟹||river crab|tr=héxiè}} 河蟹 (héxiè, “river crab”), {{m|zh|和谐||harmony|tr=héxié}} 和谐 (héxié, “harmony”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} river crab
  1. (Internet slang) Government censorship. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-river_crab-en-noun-3wva2s5e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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