crab
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1. a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | row, rowing, |
| definition | : | the act of rowing as a sport (noun.act) |
2. decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | decapod, decapod crustacean, |
| definition | : | crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | menippe mercenaria, stone crab, |
| definition | : | large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hard-shell crab, |
| definition | : | edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cancer borealis, jonah crab, |
| definition | : | large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | swimming crab, |
| definition | : | marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | fiddler crab, |
| definition | : | burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | pea crab, |
| definition | : | tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | spider crab, |
| definition | : | any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | brachyura, suborder brachyura, |
| definition | : | an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface (noun.animal) |
3. a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | louse, sucking louse, |
| definition | : | wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals (noun.animal) |
4. the edible flesh of any of various crabs (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | shellfish, |
| definition | : | meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | blue crab, |
| definition | : | Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | crab legs, |
| definition | : | legs of especially Alaska king crabs (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | japanese crab, |
| definition | : | crabmeat usually canned; from Japan (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | dungeness crab, |
| definition | : | flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab) (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | stone crab, |
| definition | : | pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare (noun.food) |
| part meronym | : | crab cocktail, |
| definition | : | a cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce (noun.food) |
5. the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22 (noun.location)
6. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer (noun.person)
| domain category | : | astrology, star divination, |
| definition | : | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon (noun.cognition) |
7. a quarrelsome grouch (noun.person)
8. complain (verb.communication)
9. fish for crab (verb.competition)
| hypernym | : | fish, |
| definition | : | catch or try to catch fish or shellfish (verb.competition) |
10. scurry sideways like a crab (verb.motion)
11. direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer, |
| definition | : | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling (verb.motion) |
12. decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | crab, crab, |
| definition | : | fish for crab (verb.competition) |
13. a quarrelsome grouch (noun.person)
14. complain (verb.communication)
15. fish for crab (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | crab, |
| definition | : | decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | crab, crabmeat, |
| definition | : | the edible flesh of any of various crabs (noun.food) |
16. decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | crab, crab, |
| definition | : | fish for crab (verb.competition) |
17. a quarrelsome grouch (noun.person)
18. complain (verb.communication)
19. fish for crab (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | crab, |
| definition | : | decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | crab, crabmeat, |
| definition | : | the edible flesh of any of various crabs (noun.food) |
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