jonah crab

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jonah crab - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jonah \Jo"nah\, n.
     The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who
     endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is
     unpropitious.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Jonah crab (Zool.), a large crab (Cancer borealis) of the
        eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found
        between tides, but usually in deep water.
        [1913 Webster]

jonah crab - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Jonah crab
      n 1: large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North
           America [syn: Jonah crab, Cancer borealis]