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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Louse :: Louse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc..
Scrabble :: Scrabble (v. t.) To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl..
Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The fighting of hawks with each other.
Metabranchial :: Metabranchial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.
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..
Cancroid :: Cancroid (a.) Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer..
Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste..
Gnathastegite :: Gnathastegite (n.) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs..
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Anomoura :: Anomoura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example..
Cancrine :: Cancrine (a.) Having the qualities of a crab; crablike.
Cursed :: Cursed (a.) Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.
Crabeater :: Crabeater (n.) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus).
Carapace :: Carapace (n.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals..
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners..
Crust :: Crust (n.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc..
Sawtooth :: Sawtooth (n.) An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal..
Damnableness :: Damnableness (n.) The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.
Mesobranchial :: Mesobranchial (a.) Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.
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