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Crab
/kɹæb/
A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
📖 Definitions of "Crab"
noun
- 1
A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- 2
The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat
- 3
A bad-tempered person.
- 4
(in plural crabs) 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."
verb
- 1
To fish for crabs.
- 2
To ruin.
- 3
To complain.
- 4
To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
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