'Jonah crab' definitions:
Definition of 'Jonah crab'
(from WordNet)
noun
Large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America [syn: Jonah crab, Cancer borealis]
Definition of 'Jonah crab'
From: GCIDE
- 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]