crab

[ UK /kɹˈæb/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹæb/ ]

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
he caught a crab and lost the race
a quarrelsome grouch
the edible flesh of any of various crabs

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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. South Wind
After Colette left he cleared his throat and looked through a newspaper, his long fingers scrabbling a bit at the pages.
Spider crabs stalked the seabed; wrasse, blennies, shannies and rockling darted over the reefs, and pollack wheeled overhead.
The Blonde had the doracha seekh, a combination of chicken and crab flakes chargrilled in the tandoor oven and served with a piquant mango and avocado chutney, at £7.50.
A dried-out horseshoe crab is a delicate thing and there's no way it would survive the flight in my checked baggage. Horseshoe Crabs and the TSA
Shrimp, crab, and a variety of fish are harvested from the ocean.
Scrabble to its list of more commonplace activity holidays, such as painting and gardening. Times, Sunday Times
The crab nebula is the remnant from a supernova explosion 1054. High Energy Neutrinos from Cosmos
The 'light' canapés include a crab salad, rose veal tartare and partridge escabeche. Times, Sunday Times

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