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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: crab

1	n v	decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers scurry sideways like a crab
2	n	a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
3	n v	a quarrelsome grouch complain
4	n	a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: crab

n decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

Types:: show 17 types...; hide 17 types...; Menippe mercenaria, stone crab
large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida); hard-shell crab
edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell; soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab
edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell; Cancer magister, Dungeness crab
small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America; Cancer irroratus, rock crab
crab of eastern coast of North America; Cancer borealis, Jonah crab
large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America; swimming crab
marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming; fiddler crab
burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male; pea crab
tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks; Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, king crab
large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan; spider crab
any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies; English lady crab, Portunus puber
crab of the English coasts; American lady crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, calico crab, lady crab
brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States; Callinectes sapidus, blue crab
bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America; Pinnotheres ostreum, oyster crab
tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters; European spider crab, Maja squinado, king crab
a large spider crab of Europe; Macrocheira kaempferi, giant crab
very large deep-water Japanese crab

Type of:: decapod, decapod crustacean
crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax

n the edible flesh of any of various crabs

Synonyms:: crabmeat

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; blue crab
Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat; crab legs
legs of especially Alaska king crabs; soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab
freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible; Japanese crab
crabmeat usually canned; from Japan; Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab
meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat; Dungeness crab
flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab); stone crab
pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare

Type of:: shellfish
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

v scurry sideways like a crab

Type of:: scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter
to move about or proceed hurriedly

v direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

Type of:: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

v fish for crab

Type of:: fish
catch or try to catch fish or shellfish

n a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

Synonyms:: Phthirius pubis, crab louse, pubic louse

Type of:: louse, sucking louse
wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals

n a quarrelsome grouch

Synonyms:: crabby person

Type of:: churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump
a bad-tempered person

v complain

Synonyms:: beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk

Type of:: complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

n a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply

“he caught a crab and lost the race”

Type of:: row, rowing
the act of rowing as a sport

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