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Scrabble :: Scrabble (n.) The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble..

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

Inexecrable :: Inexecrable (a.) That can not be execrated enough.

Surly :: Surly (a.) Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look..

Nefarious :: Nefarious (adv.) Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.

Oxyrhyncha :: Oxyrhyncha (n. pl.) The maioid crabs.

Crabsidle :: Crabsidle (v. i.) To move sidewise, as a crab. [Jocular]..

Mygale :: Mygale (n.) A genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou (M. cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M. Hentzii)..

Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..

Brachyura :: Brachyura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix..

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

Sawtooth :: Sawtooth (n.) An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal..

Limulus :: Limulus (n.) The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot..

Drome :: Drome (n.) The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher..

Merostomata :: Merostomata (n. pl.) A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus..

Decapoda :: Decapoda (n. pl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc..

Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners..

Yaws :: Yaws (n.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws..

Maikong :: Maikong (n.) A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-eating dog.

Zoea :: Zoea (n.) A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura..

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