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oyster crab
oys·ter crab (plural oys·ter crabs)


noun 
Definition:
 
small crab living inside oyster's shell: a small soft-bodied crab that lives harmlessly inside the shell of a live oyster or other mollusk. Latin name Pinnotheres ostreum.
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