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Epigastric :: Epigastric (a.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.

Shedder :: Shedder (n.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state..

Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting..

Crab :: Crab (n.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body..

Spakenet :: Spakenet (n.) A net for catching crabs.

Metope :: Metope (n.) The face of a crab.

Xanthose :: Xanthose (n.) An orange-yellow substance found in pigment spots of certain crabs.

Metabranchial :: Metabranchial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.

Wherry :: Wherry (n.) A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry.

Scraber :: Scraber (n.) The black guillemot.

Crab :: Crab (a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

Scraber :: Scraber (n.) The Manx shearwater.

Hydractinian :: Hydractinian (n.) Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm, chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata..

Crab :: Crab (v. t.) To beat with a crabstick.

Sterrometal :: Sterrink (n.) The crab-eating seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) of the Antarctic Ocean.

Macropod :: Macropod (n.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.

Cancriform :: Cancriform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped..

Scramble :: Scramble (v. i.) To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks..

Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.

Shellfish :: Shellfish (n.) Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs..

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