bairdi

Translingual

Etymology

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Baird.

Adjective

bairdi

1. Baird (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Baird's ..."

English

Noun

bairdi (plural bairdis)

1. Chionoecetes bairdi, a species of snow crab.

   Synonyms: bairdi crab, tanner crab

   • 1991, Seafood Leader, volume 11, page 12:

     The big surprise was how well bairdis, the larger and more expensive of the two snow crab species, moved in the U.S. market.

   • 2002, Pacific Fishing, volume 23, numbers 1-6, page 76:

     A bairdi fishery with 375,000 pounds of quota was also resurrected on the South Peninsula, where crab fishing had been closed since 1989.

Anagrams

• Daribi