Defenition of the word Crab

• Defenition of the word Crab

  • The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22.
  • A person who is born while the sun is in Cancer.
  • A decapod crustacean covered with a thick exoskeleton, and armed with a single pair of claws.
  • a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"
  • decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
  • fish for crab
  • a quarrelsome grouch
  • the edible flesh of any of various crabs
  • infests the pubic region of the human body
  • the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
  • complain; "What was he hollering about?"
  • scurry sideways like a crab
  • direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
  • a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
  • a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
  • complain

Synonyms for the word Crab

• • crab louse
  • crabby person
  • crabmeat
  • Phthirius pubis
  • pubic louse

Meronymys for the word Crab

• • Brachyura
  • crab cocktail
  • genus Phthirius
  • genus Phthirus
  • Phthirius
  • Phthirus
  • suborder Brachyura

Hyponyms for the word Crab

• • Alaska crab
  • Alaska king crab
  • Alaskan king crab
  • blue crab
  • Cancer borealis
  • Cancer irroratus
  • Cancer magister
  • crab legs
  • Dungeness crab
  • fiddler crab
  • hard-shell crab
  • Japanese crab
  • Jonah crab
  • king crab
  • Menippe mercenaria
  • Paralithodes camtschatica
  • pea crab
  • rock crab
  • soft-shell crab
  • soft-shelled crab
  • spider crab
  • stone crab
  • swimming crab

Hypernyms for the word Crab

• • channelise
  • channelize
  • churl
  • complain
  • crank
  • crosspatch
  • decapod
  • decapod crustacean
  • direct
  • fish
  • grouch
  • grump
  • guide
  • head
  • house
  • human
  • individual
  • kick
  • kvetch
  • louse
  • maneuver
  • manoeuver
  • manoeuvre
  • mansion
  • mortal
  • person
  • plain
  • planetary house
  • point
  • quetch
  • row
  • rowing
  • scamper
  • scurry
  • scuttle
  • shellfish
  • sign
  • sign of the zodiac
  • skitter
  • somebody
  • someone
  • soul
  • sound off
  • star sign
  • steer
  • sucking louse

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