crab
Definitions
Noun
- Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- A quarrelsome grouch
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in cancer
- The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about june 21 to july 22
- The edible flesh of any of various crabs
- A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- A stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
Verb
- Direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- Scurry sideways like a crab
- Fish for crab
- Complain
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Term
Definitions: 11
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📰 This Word in the News:
Cannibalism Takes Major Bite Out of Young Blue Crabs, but the Shallows Offer a Refuge
Mar 16, 2026 Smithsonian
Mar 16, 2026 Smithsonian
CDFW News | Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open January 5 in Central California; Recreational Crab Trap Restrictions Lifting Jan. 2
Dec 19, 2025 California Department of Fish and Wildlife (.gov)
Dec 19, 2025 California Department of Fish and Wildlife (.gov)
How Removing Lost Crab Traps Is Helping Map the Chesapeake Bay
Jul 14, 2026 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (.gov)
Jul 14, 2026 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (.gov)
Petition Demands New Jersey Enforce Horseshoe Crab Harvest Moratorium
Jul 28, 2026 Center for Biological Diversity
Jul 28, 2026 Center for Biological Diversity
Pharmaceutical companies move away from horseshoe crab biomedical testing
Mar 16, 2026 news.mongabay.com
Mar 16, 2026 news.mongabay.com