jonah crab

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      [1913 Webster]