See Also: blue crab(encyclopedia)
Crisp soft shell crab, crab salad and tandoor smoked spicy salmon mousse(recipes)
minority(dictionary)
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MINORITY(law)
minority groups(medicine)
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minority leader (oh) and blue crab (sh)


minority leader (oh)



n [C]
AmE the leader of the political party that has fewer politicians in congress than the leading party
-see also majority leader majority leader

blue crab (sh)




Any member of a genus (Callinectes) of decapods, particularly C. sapidus and C. hastatus, common edible crabs of the western Atlantic coast prized as delicacies.

Their usual habitats are muddy shores, bays, and estuaries. The blue crab shell, greenish on top and dingy white below, is about 3 in. (15-18 cm) long. The legs are bluish. The chelae, or pincers, are large and somewhat unequal in size, and the fifth pair of legs is flattened for swimming. Blue crabs are scavengers.


Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus)

John H. Gerard from the National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researches
EB Inc.