Definition of Crabs. Meaning of Crabs. Synonyms of Crabs

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Definition of Crabs

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 Crabs from wikipedia

- spider crab, with a leg span up to 4 m (13 ft). Several other groups of crustaceans with similar appearances – such as king crabs and porcelain crabs – are...
- other terrestrial hermit crabs of the genus Coenobita. It shows a number of adaptations to life on land. Juvenile coconut crabs use empty gastropod s****...
- Horseshoe crabs are arthropods of the family Limulidae and are the only surviving xiphosurans. Despite their name, they are not true crabs or even crustaceans...
- The fiddler crab or calling crab can be one of the hundred species of semiterrestrial marine crabs in the family Ocypodidae. These crabs are well known...
- success. The hermit crabs of Paguroidea are more closely related to squat lobsters and porcelain crabs than they are to true crabs (Brachyura). Together...
- 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...
- Berolzheimer. A nuclear accident transforms a pack of horseshoe crabs into murderous monsters. The crabs descend on a sleepy coastal town on Prom night, and only...
- marker of difference between true crabs and carcinised Anomura is the number of leg pairs. While Brachyura (true) crabs have four pairs of legs used for...
- The oyster crab (Zaops ostreus) is a small, whitish or translucent crab in the family Pinnotheridae. Oyster crabs are small in size, typically measuring...
- A number of lineages of crabs have evolved to live predominantly on land. Examples of terrestrial crabs are found in the families Gecarcinidae and Gecarcinucidae...