Definition of crab

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Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..

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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..
Decapod :: Decapod (n.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively..
Grimaced :: Grimaced (a.) Distorted; crabbed.
Poecilopoda :: Poecilopoda (n. pl.) Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea)..
Crab :: Crab (v. t.) To make sour or morose; to embitter.
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..
Decapoda :: Decapoda (n. pl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc..
Carapace :: Carapace (n.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals..
Abominable :: Abominable (a.) Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable..
Maian :: Maian (n.) Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadae..
Macropod :: Macropod (n.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.
Cursed :: Cursed (a.) Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.
Drome :: Drome (n.) The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher..
Triangulares :: Triangulares (n. pl.) The triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust. under Maioid, and Illust. of Spider crab, under Spider..
Grapsoid :: Grapsoid (n.) A grapsoid crab.
Scrabbling :: Scrabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrabbl.
Harsh :: Harsh (a.) Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
Ill-natured :: Ill-natured (a.) Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person..
Sea Spider :: Sea spider () Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider crab, under Spider..
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