CRAB
Definition:
- [noun] decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- [noun] a quarrelsome grouch
Synonyms: by person
- [noun] (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
Synonyms: Cancer, Crab
- [noun] the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
Synonyms: Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab
- [noun] the edible flesh of any of various crabs
Synonyms: meat
- [noun] infests the pubic region of the human body
Synonyms: louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis
- [noun] a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"
- [verb] direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- [verb] scurry sideways like a crab
- [verb] fish for crab
- [verb] complain; "What was he hollering about?"
Synonyms: gripe, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler
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Related Words:
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stone crab, Menippe mercenaria
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hard-shell crab
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soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab
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Dungeness crab, Cancer magister
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rock crab, Cancer irroratus
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Jonah crab, Cancer borealis
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swimming crab
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fiddler crab
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pea crab
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king crab, Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica
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spider crab
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blue crab
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crab legs
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soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab
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Japanese crab
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Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab
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Dungeness crab
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stone crab