crab vs lobster
Definitions
noun
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- 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
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
verb
- scurry sideways like a crab
- fish for crab
- complain
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
Examples
Convenience is, however, in all affairs of life, an execrable test of value.
But others of the Muscovite band were fond of congregating at this spot and hour for their lustral summer rites -- white-skinned lads and lasses, matrons and reverent elders, all in a state of Adamitic nudity, splashing about the water of this sunny cover, devouring raw fish and crabs after the manner of the fabled Ichthyophagi, laughing, kissing, saying nice things about God, and combing out each other's long tow-coloured hair.
After Colette left he cleared his throat and looked through a newspaper, his long fingers scrabbling a bit at the pages.
Definitions
noun
- flesh of a lobster
- any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
Examples
It takes about eight seconds for a pair of lobsters to copulate; it takes a lot longer to get them into the mood.
Lobsters, like all animals with exoskeletons, periodically shed their armor as they grow.
On one wreck off the south coast we saw huge lobsters scuttling across the ship.
