"sand crab" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sand crabs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sand crab (plural sand crabs)
  1. A crab of the Hippoidea superfamily of decapod crustaceans, living in sandy habitats. Categories (lifeform): Anomurans Translations (crab of the Hippoidea superfamily): crabe-taupe [masculine] (French), łeeyiʼ chʼosh bikágí ntłʼizí (Navajo), tatuí [masculine] (Portuguese), chanchito [masculine] (Spanish), pulga del mar [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sand_crab-en-noun-fPEvPH6j Disambiguation of Anomurans: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'crab of the Hippoidea superfamily': 97 3
  2. (US, naval slang) A civilian. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-sand_crab-en-noun-bVCJXHmW Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war

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