crab
/kɹæb/ noun B2- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters. · Despite its name, the hermit crab is not a true crab!
- A horseshoe crab.
- A bad-tempered person.
- An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis). · Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks.
- A playing card with the rank of three.
- A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
Plural crabs
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“What a pity it wouldn’t stay!” sighed the Lory, as soon as it was quite out of sight; and an old Crab took the opportunity of saying to her daughter “Ah, my dear!
Let this be a lesson to you never to lose _your_ temper!” “Hold your tongue, Ma!” said the young Crab, a little snappishly.
He was an old crab, _he_ was.”
There were three plates laid, so that Marilla must be expecting some one home with Matthew to tea; but the dishes were everyday dishes and there was only crab-apple preserves and one kind of cake, so that the expected company could not be any particular company.
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