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- crab
- [kræb]
- 1. any chiefly marine decapod crustacean of the genus Cancer and related genera (section Brachyura ), having a broad flattened carapace covering the cephalothorax, beneath which is folded the abdomen. The first pair of limbs are modified as pincers - See also fiddler crab soft-shell crab pea crab oyster crab
- 2. any of various similar or related arthropods, such as the hermit crab and horseshoe crab
- 3. short for crab louse
- 4. a manoeuvre in which an aircraft flies slightly into the crosswind...
- crab
- [kræb]
- 1. to find fault; grumble
- 2. to spoil (esp in the phrase crab someone's act )
- 3. an irritable person
- 4. C16: probably back formation from crabbed
- crab
- [kræb]
- 1. short for crab apple
- 2. C15: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skrabbe crab apple
