crab
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1.0
- noun
- /kræb/
:
cangrejo
- We were at the beach, building sand castles, and... and the tide came in, filled up the castle with all these tiny little crabs.
- blue crab
- horseshoe crab
- hermit crab
This little fucker was climbing on top of all the other crabs, right?
- This little fucker was climbing on top of all the other crabs, right?
- We also, one time Keith won a hermit crab from the fair.
- So forest dwelling hermits and crab fishermen who had been swept out to sea.
- A a, a crustacean animal like a crab cannot grow inside a hard shell.
- It it, it does calcify kind of like a a crab's shell.
- I thought it was all animation and that crab mad.
- He put me in a cell, give it an hour, let the crab settle and.
- And did you do the the hermit crab gambling?
Examples
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There was a plate of six big crab cakes on the countertop, ready for frying.
Fiction book (1992) -
He's like a little crab on the beach.
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But there was one king crab to rule them all.
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So I guess it's like a crab cake in soup form.
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I told her not to eat that crab sandwich.
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Keep the crab on a low boil.
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Aw, look at the cute crabs.
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Then they had a lunch of soft-shelled crabs and a good white wine.
Fiction book (1995) -
Mom cooked some steaks and crabs and some zucchini.
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The crab scuttled quickly across the sandy beach, leaving tiny footprints behind.
Synonyms
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3.6
A small sea animal with a soft body that lives in empty shells for protection
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4.9
A crab with a soft new shell that people often eat whole
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3.4
A bluish crab that lives on North America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is eaten for its sweet meat
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4.1
A large edible crab with a hard shell found in Florida and southern US waters, often eaten for its meat
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5.1
A large edible crab that lives along the Pacific coast of North America
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3.3
A very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska with a spiny shell and sweet meat
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A small sea animal with a hard shell that lives on rocky shores
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3.2
A crab that has a hard outer covering because it has not recently shed its skin
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4.2
A crab that recently shed its shell so it is soft and people eat it whole
A group of animals like true crabs with short tails folded under their bodies
A crab with a short wide body and a small tail tucked under
A sea crab with very long legs and a small triangular body
A very large sea crab from Japan that lives in deep water with very long legs
A large spiny crab that lives in cold northern seas
A large crab you can eat that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska and Japan
A sea crab with back legs flat like paddles that help it swim in shallow coastal water
A small crab that lives on coasts and digs burrows, whose males have one large claw they wave
A very small soft crab that lives inside shellfish like oysters
A small soft crab that lives inside the shell of an oyster
A small crab with bright spots on its shell found on sandy beaches
A small crab with bright purple spots on its shell that lives on sandy Atlantic beaches
A small crab with a bright, spotted shell that lives on sandy east coast beaches of the United States
A small crab with spots on its shell that lives on the coasts of England
Compounds
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8.2
The remains of a star explosion that people first saw in 1054 in the constellation Taurus
- Specialized
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7.8
A large sea animal with a hard shell shaped like a horseshoe and a long pointed tail
- US
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3.4
A bluish crab that lives on North America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is eaten for its sweet meat
- US
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4.1
A large edible crab with a hard shell found in Florida and southern US waters, often eaten for its meat
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3.3
A very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska with a spiny shell and sweet meat
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3.2
A crab that has a hard outer covering because it has not recently shed its skin
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in pubic hair and other body hair and makes the skin itch
- Philippine
A habit of trying to pull others down when they succeed because you feel jealous
A South American cactus with stem sections often kept indoors for its bright red flowers
A wild animal like a small dog from northern South America that eats crabs and small animals
- Philippine
A monkey from Southeast Asia that often eats crabs and lives near rivers
Small wild animal that lives near water and eats crabs and other small water animals
A silvery grey seal from Antarctica that eats mainly small sea animals with shells
- Specialized
A small apple tree grown for its tart fruit or pretty spring flowers
A large crab that lives in cold northern Pacific waters near Alaska and Japan
Meat from the legs of a large crab that lives in cold northern waters, usually sweet and tender
The sweet meat from the legs of a very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska
A small crab with a bright, spotted shell that lives on sandy east coast beaches of the United States
- Indian
A sea animal with a hard shell and a long tail spine that lives on Asian coasts
A large crab with long legs and a spiny shell that lives in European coastal waters
- US
A small crab that lives on coasts and digs burrows, whose males have one large claw they wave
- US
A small crab with bright purple spots on its shell that lives on sandy Atlantic beaches
A tropical sea animal like a crab that lives in burrows and uses large front claws to catch prey
- US
A medium-sized tree from the eastern United States with pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
- US
A small wild apple tree that grows in the western United States and has fragrant pink flowers
A sea crab with back legs flat like paddles that help it swim in shallow coastal water
A small tree or shrub from the southeastern United States grown for its pretty pink spring flowers
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crab comes from an old English and German word crabba that meant the same sea animal, and the picture to remember is a flat shell with legs that move to the side, like a small walking machine.