Definition of crab

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

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Abominable :: Abominable (a.) Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable..
Crab :: Crab (a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
Scraber :: Scraber (n.) The black guillemot.
Epigastric :: Epigastric (a.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.
Scrabble :: Scrabble (n.) The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble..
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..
Crabber :: Crabber (n.) One who catches crabs.
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..
Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The act or art of catching crabs.
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
Grapsoid :: Grapsoid (n.) A grapsoid crab.
Carcinology :: Carcinology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology..
Verjuice :: Verjuice (n.) The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice..
Tetricity :: Tetricity (n.) Crabbedness; perverseness.
Oxyrhyncha :: Oxyrhyncha (n. pl.) The maioid crabs.
Maian :: Maian (n.) Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadae..
Fiddler :: Fiddler (n.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab..
Glass-crab :: Glass-crab (n.) The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma..
Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The fighting of hawks with each other.
Partan :: Partan (n.) An edible British crab.
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