Definition of crab

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Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc..

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Verjuice :: Verjuice (n.) The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice..
Poecilopoda :: Poecilopoda (n. pl.) Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea)..
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
Inexecrable :: Inexecrable (a.) That can not be execrated enough.
Zoea :: Zoea (n.) A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura..
Crab :: Crab (a.) A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
Nefandous :: Nefandous (a.) Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable.
Crabeater :: Crabeater (n.) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus).
Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab..
Scrabbling :: Scrabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrabbl.
Abominable :: Abominable (a.) Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable..
Anomoura :: Anomoura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example..
Cancriform :: Cancriform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped..
Scrabbed Eggs :: Scrabbed eggs () A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper..
Crabber :: Crabber (n.) One who catches crabs.
Pyrus :: Pyrus (n.) A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and mountain ash..
Crabeater :: Crabeater (n.) The cobia.
Gastrolith :: Gastrolith (n.) See Crab's eyes, under Crab..
Thoracostraca :: Thoracostraca (a.) An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec/ //niting all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites to the head. It includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and similar species..
Podophthalmia :: Podophthalmia (n. pl.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda..
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