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Portunus puber
Velvet Vel"vet, n. [OE. velouette, veluet, velwet; cf. OF. velluau, LL. velluetum, vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo; all fr. (assumed) LL. villutus shaggy, fr L. villus shaggy hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and E. wool. See Wool, and cf. Villous.] 1. A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back. 2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth. Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton. Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous. Velvet crab a European crab (Portunus puber). When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile. Called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler. Velvet dock (Bot.), the common mullein. Velvet duck. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large European sea duck, or scoter (Oidemia fusca). The adult male is glossy, velvety black, with a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch behind each eye. (b) The American whitewinged scoter. See Scoter. Velvet flower (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under Love. Velvet grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Holcus lanatus) with velvety stem and leaves; -- called also soft grass. Velvet runner (Zo["o]l.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.] Velvet scoter. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Velvet duck, above. Velvet sponge. (Zo["o]l.) See under Sponge.

Meaning of Portunus from wikipedia

- recognised in the genus Portunus: †Portunus alphonsei Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008 Portunus armatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) †Portunus atecuicitli Vega...
- Portunus pelagicus, also known as the blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab and flower crab is a species of large crab found in the Indo-Pacific...
- ****van, "Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Temple of Portunus)" Images of Temple of Fortuna Virilis (or Portunus) Description in the site of the "Soprintendenza...
- of an expansion in the meaning of portus. Portunus later became conflated with the Gr**** Palaemon. Portunus' festival, celebrated on August 17, the sixteenth...
- is found off the coasts of East Asia and is closely related to Portunus armatus. Portunus trituberculatus is the world's most heavily fished crab species...
- The horse crab, Portunus trituberculatus, accounts for one quarter of that total. Other important species include flower crabs (Portunus pelagicus), snow...
- Hawaii. Two subspecies are recognized: Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus hawaiiensis Stephenson, 1968 Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus sanguinolentus (Herbst...
- subgenus Portunus by some authorities. Until a review of the genus Portunus in 2010 P. segnis was considered to be a junior synonym of Portunus pelagicus...
- USS Portunus is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy: USS Portunus (AGP-4), laid down as LST–330 by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 12 November...
- recognised: Portunus pelagicus, Portunus armatus, Portunus reticulatis and Portunus segnis. The range of Portunus armatus overlaps with Portunus pelagicus...