Definition of crab

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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..

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Sea Spider :: Sea spider () Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider crab, under Spider..
Curstness :: Curstness (n.) Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness.
Crabfaced :: Crabfaced (a.) Having a sour, disagreeable countenance..
Sterrometal :: Sterrink (n.) The crab-eating seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) of the Antarctic Ocean.
Abominable :: Abominable (a.) Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable..
Gastrolith :: Gastrolith (n.) See Crab's eyes, under Crab..
Cobia :: Cobia (n.) An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish..
Carapace :: Carapace (n.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals..
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
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..
Macropod :: Macropod (n.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.
Craber :: Craber (n.) The water rat.
Cursed :: Cursed (a.) Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.
Cancrine :: Cancrine (a.) Having the qualities of a crab; crablike.
Crab :: Crab (a.) A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
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..
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
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..
Maian :: Maian (n.) Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadae..
Nefarious :: Nefarious (adv.) Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.
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