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Pinnothere :: Pinnothere (n.) A crab of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster..

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

Sterrometal :: Sterrink (n.) The crab-eating seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) of the Antarctic Ocean.

Grapsoid :: Grapsoid (n.) A grapsoid crab.

Crab :: Crab (a.) A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.

Poecilopoda :: Poecilopoda (n. pl.) Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea)..

Crab :: Crab (v. t.) To beat with a crabstick.

Austere :: Austere () Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine..

Sour :: Sour (superl.) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply..

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

Accurst :: Accurst (p. p. & a.) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed..

Pomaceous :: Pomaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pomeae) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc..

Curstness :: Curstness (n.) Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness.

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

Cancer :: Cancer (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework..

Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.

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..

Verjuice :: Verjuice (n.) The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice..

Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons..

Urva :: Urva (n.) The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder..

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