crab

1. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers (synset 101979598)
   is a type of: decapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
   subtypes:

   • menippe mercenaria, stone crab - large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
   • hard-shell crab - edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell
   • soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab - edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell
   • cancer magister, dungeness crab - small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
   • cancer irroratus, rock crab - crab of eastern coast of North America
   • cancer borealis, jonah crab - large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America
   • swimming crab - marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming
   • fiddler crab - burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male
   • pea crab - tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks
   • alaska crab, alaska king crab, alaskan king crab, king crab, paralithodes camtschatica - large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
   • spider crab - any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies
   belongs to: brachyura, suborder brachyura - an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
2. A quarrelsome grouch (synset 109993584)
   is a type of: churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump - a bad-tempered person
   same as: crabby person
3. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer (synset 109771988)
   referred to in: astrology, star divination - a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
   is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
   same as: cancer
4. The fourth sign of the zodiac;
   The sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22 (synset 108704396)
   is an instance of: house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign - (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
   same as: cancer, cancer the crab
5. The edible flesh of any of various crabs (synset 107803691)
   is a type of: shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
   subtypes:

   • blue crab - Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat
   • crab legs - legs of especially Alaska king crabs
   • soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab - freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible
   • japanese crab - crabmeat usually canned; from Japan
   • alaska crab, alaska king crab, alaskan king crab, king crab - meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
   • dungeness crab - flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab)
   • stone crab - pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare
   is a part of: crab cocktail - a cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce
   same as: crabmeat
6. A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body (synset 102187819)
   is a type of: louse, sucking louse - wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
   belongs to: genus phthirius, genus phthirus, phthirius, phthirus - true lice: crab lice
   same as: crab louse, phthirius pubis, pubic louse
7. A stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply (synset 100446514)
   "he caught a crab and lost the race"
   is a type of: row, rowing - the act of rowing as a sport

1. Direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind (synset 201936557)
   referred to in: air, air travel, aviation - travel via aircraft
   is a type of: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
2. Scurry sideways like a crab (synset 201906671)
   is a type of: scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter - to move about or proceed hurriedly
3. Fish for crab (synset 201142491)
   is a type of: fish - catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
4. Complain (synset 200912926)
   "What was he hollering about?"
   is a type of: complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
   same as: beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk

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