cangrejo

Definitions of cangrejo
  1. noun
    decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
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    types:
    nécora
    burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male
    centolla, centollo
    a large spider crab of Europe
    type of:
    decápodo
    crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
  2. noun
    the edible flesh of any of various crabs
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    type of:
    marisco
    meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
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