rock crab noun5 •Any of several kinds of crabs often found on rocky coasts. •Hemigrapsus sexdentatus, a large-eyed marine crab found off the coast of New Zealand, the common rock crab •Cancer irroratus, the Atlantic rock crab, a crab with large marginal teeth, found along the Atlantic coast of North America •Romaleon antennarium, the Pacific rock crab of parts of the Pacific coast of North America. •A red rock crab. formsrock crabs