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Noun: oyster crab
  1. Tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
    "The chef found an oyster crab while shucking oysters";
    - Pinnotheres ostreum

Derived forms: oyster crabs

Type of: pea crab

Part of: genus Pinnotheres, Pinnotheres

Encyclopedia: Oyster crab