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Shedder :: Shedder (n.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state..

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..

Gastrolith :: Gastrolith (n.) See Crab's eyes, under Crab..

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..

Maikong :: Maikong (n.) A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-eating dog.

Cancriform :: Cancriform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped..

Hydractinian :: Hydractinian (n.) Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm, chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata..

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..

Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting..

Ill-natured :: Ill-natured (a.) Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person..

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..

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

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

Crab :: Crab (a.) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

Tetricity :: Tetricity (n.) Crabbedness; perverseness.

Nefandous :: Nefandous (a.) Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable.

Apron :: Apron (n.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.

Mygale :: Mygale (n.) A genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou (M. cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M. Hentzii)..

Triangulares :: Triangulares (n. pl.) The triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust. under Maioid, and Illust. of Spider crab, under Spider..

Crabstick :: Crabstick (n.) A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the crab tree..

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