ketam renjong

Malay

Etymology

From ketam (“crab”) +‎ renjong.

Noun

ketam renjong (plural ketam-ketam renjong or ketam2 renjong)

  1. swimming crab (crab of the family Portunidae) especially Portunus pelagicus
    Synonym: ketam bunga

Further reading

  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
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