Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
The crab apple or wild apple.
I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow; And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts;
The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
A unit for measuring the intensity of astrophysical X-ray sources, defined as the intensity of the Crab Nebula at the corresponding X-ray photon energy.
From Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba (“crab; crayfish; cancer”), from Proto-West Germanic *krabbō, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from *krabbōną (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-Europ...
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To irritate, make surly or sour