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Answer for the clue "Stone crabs ", 7 letters:
menippe

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Menippe can refer to: Menippe (Μενίππη) in Greek mythology: Menippe, daughter of Orion, see Menippe and Metioche Menippe, one of the Nereids Menippe, one of the Amazons Menippe, daughter of Peneus 188 Menippe , an asteroid Menippe (genus) , a genus of crab ...

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The Corona were fabled to be Menippe and Metioche, two daughters of Orion, who sacrificed themselves at the suggestion of an oracle, to protect Boeotia, their native country, from the ravages of a pestilence: it being the belief of idolatrous nations that an angry god could be propitiated by human sacrifices, and that the death of the innocent might atone for the sins of the guilty.