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

Jonah \Jo"nah\, n.
   The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who
   endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is
   unpropitious.
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   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.
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