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Words related to crab |
Related / Similar Words:
crab louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis, crabmeat, Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab, crabby person, gripe, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler
Definition: a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race";decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers;infests the pubic region of the human body;the edible flesh of any of various crabs;the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22;(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer;a quarrelsome grouch;complain; "What was he hollering about?";fish for crab;scurry sideways like a crab;direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind;
Hyponyms: stone crab, Menippe mercenaria, hard-shell crab, soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab, Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, rock crab, Cancer irroratus, Jonah crab, Cancer borealis, swimming crab, fiddler crab, pea crab, king crab, Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, spider crab, blue crab, crab legs, Japanese crab
Part Meronyms: crab cocktail
Member Meronyms: Brachyura, suborder Brachyura, Phthirius, genus Phthirius, Phthirus, genus Phthirus
Derivational Morphology:
gripe, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler, whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler, squawker, kick, bitch, crabby person, crabmeat
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