1) Cancer 2) Cangrejo 3) Complain 4) Crabmeat 5) Granchio 6) Grouch 7) Nag 8) Seafood 9) Trey
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1) Constellation, Cancer 2) Constellation 3) Exclusively Saxon word 4) Exclusively Anglo word 5) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 6) Word of purely Anglo origin 7) Zodiac sign
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• (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 windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock,...
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A rudder-controlled yawing motion to compensate for a crosswind in maintaining a desired flight path, as in a landing approach.
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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]
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India Stomach pain
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A typically marine crustacean belonging to the class Malacostraca, order Decapoda (see decapod). Crabs have a front pair of legs called chelipeds used for food capture, signaling, and fighting, and four pairs of smaller legs with which the animal can move sideways or swim. Crabs have a broad, flatte...
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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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Cancer Research and Biostatistics
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1. A crustacean, many varieties of which are edible. ... 2. An insect, the crab louse, Pthirus pubis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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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 .]
1. (Zoology) One of the brachyur...
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Crab adjective [ Prob. from the same root as
crab ,
noun ] Sour; rough; austere. « The
crab vintage of the neighb'ring coast.
Dryden. »
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Crab intransitive verb (Nautical) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.
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All species of the order Brachyura
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Crab is a popular name for crustacea of the sub-order Brachyura and to many of the Anomura of the order Decapoda. The true crabs (Brachyura) are characterised by having a small abdomen and the head and breast are united, forming the cephalothorax, and the whole is covered with a strong carapace.
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Crab is a name given to various machines, especially to a kind of portable windlass or machine for raising weights, etc. Crabs are much used in building operations for raising stones or other weights, and in loading and discharging vessels. They were originally called crabs on account of being equipped with claws, thereby resembling the familiar li...
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Crab is slang for to criticise adversely
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a spiderlike eight-footed crustacean with jointed legs and two pincers but with its tail bent underneath its carapace. It forms a very compact and robust shape.Crabs usually grow fast and mature early. Crabs are not caught commercially in NZ. apart from incidental catches of the estuarine Paddle Crab.
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A crab is a maneuver used to counteract the drift of an aircraft caused by a crosswind. The pilot will offset the heading of the aircraft from the desired track by a calculated amount, and the aircraft’s velocity combined with the wind through vector addition will give a net movement in the desired direction.
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A stroke that goes bad. The oar blade slices the water at an angle and gets caught under the surface. The blade is not fully feathered before leaving the water. This results in the blade being stuck in the water, severely slowing the boat down and throwing off the set. This term is from the claim that “a crab grabbed the blade and wouldn’t let ...
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When hawks seize or strike each other, orig, OE: crabba> OLG: Krabben= to scratch or claw
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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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crabmeat noun the edible flesh of any of various crabs
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Any decapod (ten-legged) crustacean of the division Brachyura, with a broad, rather round, upper body shell (carapace) and a small abdomen tucked beneath the body. Crabs are related to lobsters and crayfish. Mainly marine, some crabs live in fresh water or on land. They are alert carnivores and s...
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a stroke that gets pulled down into the water. The oar blade slices the water at an angle and gets caught under the surface. The blade is not fully squared before entering or leaving the water. This term is from the claim that “a crab grabbed the blade and wouldn’t let go.”
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