crab
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(noun) a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race" |
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Related Words: row, rowing |
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(verb) fish for crab |
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Related Words: fish |
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(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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Related Words: Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, Cancer borealis, Cancer irroratus, Cancer magister, Dungeness crab, Jonah crab, Menippe mercenaria, Paralithodes camtschatica, decapod, decapod crustacean, fiddler crab, hard-shell crab, king crab, pea crab, rock crab, soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab, spider crab, stone crab, swimming crab |
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(noun) the edible flesh of any of various crabs |
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Synonyms: crabmeat |
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Related Words: Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, blue crab, crab legs, king crab, shellfish, soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab, stone crab |
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(noun) a quarrelsome grouch |
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Synonyms: crabby person |
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Related Words: churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump |
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(noun) infests the pubic region of the human body |
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Synonyms: Phthirius pubis, crab louse, pubic louse |
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Related Words: louse, sucking louse |
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