Definition of Crab. Meaning of Crab. Synonyms of Crab

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Definition of Crab

Crab
Crab Crab (kr[a^]b), v. t. 1. To make sour or morose; to embitter. [Obs.] Sickness sours or crabs our nature. --Glanvill. 2. To beat with a crabstick. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher.
Crab
Crab Crab, v. i. (Naut.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Meaning of Crab from wikipedia

- Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tail" in Gr****), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen...
- Look up crab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A crab is a type of crustacean. Crab or crabs may also refer to: Crab (unit), photometrical unit of X-ray...
- Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc s**** to protect their...
- The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest terrestrial...
- Horseshoe crabs are arthropods of the family Limulidae and the only surviving xiphosurans. Despite their name, they are not true crabs or even crustaceans;...
- carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology...
- Look up crab mentality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crab mentality, also known as crab theory, crabs in a bucket mentality, or the crab-bucket effect...
- A Giant crab is a type of crustacean. Giant crab may refer to: ****anese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi), possesses the longest leg span of any marine...
- Crab Island may refer to: United States: Crab Island (Florida), a shoal near Destin, Florida Crab Island (Lake Champlain), New York Crab Island (Washington)...
- The ****anese giant spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) is a species of marine crab and is the biggest one that lives in the waters around ****an. At around...