atlantic ghost crab
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.60 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The genus Ocypode was erected by Fabricius (1798) for two of his own species (1793), our Atlantic ghost crab and the racing crab of the coasts of India and Malaya."
- "The Atlantic ghost crab is one of the many resident animals likely to greet the Cape Lookout National Seashore beachcomber."
- "But although the Atlantic ghost crab shown in this picture is near the sea, the adult animals are terrestrial, living in burrows that they dig in the sand."