crab
/kɹæb/ sustantivo B2En español: cangrejo, jaiba, ladilla, maneto
- 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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## The Crab and Its Mother
A CRAB said to her son, “Why do you walk so one-sided, my child?
It is far more becoming to go straight forward.” The young Crab replied: “Quite true, dear Mother; and if you will show me the straight way, I will promise to walk in it.” The Mother tried in vain, and submitted without remonstrance to the reproof of her child.
## The Crab and the Fox
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