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Look up: crab

  1. Crab
    Any of a large variety of 10-legged crustaceans (shelled animals). There are freshwater and salt water varieties. It is the second most popular shellfish. (Shrimp is the most popular.)
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  2. Crab
    Waters:North Pacific coast, Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to the Bahamas, Caribbean, Gulf and Florida coasts Description (in water): Crabs are distinguished as ten legged crustaceans, the front two marked by pinchers. This definition, however, includes crabs whose shape, color, and habits are vastly different, usually determined by those features which make them most adaptable to a given habitat. Crabs come in shades of red, blue and brown, and in all sizes. The Alaskan or red king crab, boa…
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  3. Crab
    India Stomach pain
    Found on http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/

  4. crab
    [n] - a quarrelsome grouch 2. [n] - the edible flesh of any of various crabs 3. [n] - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers 4. [n] - a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply 5. [v] - fish for crab
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Crab
    Peelers, Peeler crabs, velvet Peeler Crab or common shore green crab. The number one bait for cod fishing from the rocks
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  6. Crab
    In World War II, modified Sherman tank used for clearing minefields. A power-driven spindle from which chains hung was mounted on...
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  7. CRAB
    Cancer Research and Biostatistics
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20895

  8. crab
    a condition caused by failure to align the camera with the flight line indicated in vertical photography by the edges of the photographs not being parallel to the principal point base lines,resulting in reduced overlap Category: General
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Crab
    Crab (krăb) noun [ Anglo-Saxon crabba ; akin to Dutch krab , G. krabbe , krebs , Icelandic krabbi , Swedish krabba , Danish krabbe , and perhaps to English cramp . Confer Crawfish ....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/179

  10. Crab
    Crab (krăb) transitive verb 1. To make sour or morose; to embitter. [ Obsolete] « Sickness sours or crabs our nature. Glanvill. » 2. To beat with a crabstick. [ Obsolete] J. Fletcher.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/179

  11. Crab
    Crab intransitive verb (Nautical) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/179

  12. Crab
    Crab adjective [ Prob. from the same root as crab , noun ] Sour; rough; austere. « The crab vintage of the neighb'ring coast. Dryden. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/179

  13. crab
    1. A crustacean, many varieties of which are edible. ... 2. An insect, the crab louse, Pthirus pubis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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  14. crab
    crabmeat noun the edible flesh of any of various crabs
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  15. crab
    noun a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; `he caught a crab and lost the race`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. crab
    noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. crab
    crabby person noun a quarrelsome grouch
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  18. crab
    verb fish for crab
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  19. crab
    verb scurry sideways like a crab
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  20. Crab
    • (a.) A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. • (a.) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. • (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. • (a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. • (a.) A form of windlas...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  21. crab
    any short-tailed member of the crustacean order Decapoda—especially the Brachyura, or true crabs, but also other forms such as the Anomura, which may ... [13 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/153

  22. Crab
    Crab is slang for to criticise adversely
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  23. Crab
    Crab is slang for to criticise adversely
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  24. crab
    Type: Term Pronunciation: krab Definitions: 1. A crustacean, many varieties of which are edible. 2. An insect, the crab louse, Pthirus pubis.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  25. crab
    crab, crustaceanwith an enlarged cephalothorax covered by a broad, flat shell called the carapace. Extending from the cephalothorax are the various appendages: five pairs of legs, the first pair bearing claws (or pincers), are attached at the sides; two eyes on short, movable stalks, two short anten...
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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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