All related terms of 'crabs'

A crab is a sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell , and five pairs of legs with large claws on the front pair. Crabs usually move sideways.

to attract unwelcome attention

any of a genus ( Callinectes ) of crabs , esp. a blue-legged, edible swimming species ( C. sapidus ) of the Atlantic coast of North America

a very large, edible spider crab ( Paralithodes camtschatica ) of the N Pacific

any of various crabs , esp of the tropical family Gecarcinidae, that are adapted to a partly terrestrial life

a large edible crab , Scylla serrata , of Australian mangrove regions

any of various globular soft-bodied crabs of the genus Pinnotheres and related genera that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalves

an edible bluish Australian swimming crab , Portunus pelagicus

an edible crab with long thin legs found off the coasts of Eastern Canada

a whitish crab , Ocypode albicans , of sandy beaches from the eastern coast of the U.S. to Brazil

a large, deep-water Japanese spider crab , Macrocheira kaempferi , sometimes measuring 11 ft. (3.4 m) across from claw to claw

a yellowish-green crab , Carcinides maenas , common in shallow waters along rocky shores

a large, reddish , edible crab ( Cancer borealis ) of the NE coast of North America

any of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus ( purple shore crab ), of the Pacific coast of North America

a large, common, edible , dark-bluish crab ( Menippe mercenaria ) found in the coastal mud flats of the SE U.S. and in the Caribbean

a wrestling hold in which a wrestler seizes both or one of their opponent's legs , turns them face downwards , and exerts pressure over their back

an edible crustacean , Cancer pagurusan

cooked crabmeat that has been taken out of the shell

a species of crab , Cancer pagurus , found in the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, and the North Atlantic

any of various burrowing crabs of the genus Uca of American coastal regions, the males of which have one of their anterior pincer-like claws very much enlarged

any small soft-bodied decapod crustacean of the genus Pagurus and related genera, living in and carrying about the empty shells of whelks or similar molluscs

any of various burrowing marine shrimplike crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda that have a pair of large grasping appendages : subclass Malacostraca

a pea crab, Pinnotheres maculatus , the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of mussels

any of several small soft-bodied crabs of the genus Pinnotheres, esp P. ostreum, that live as commensals in the mantles of oysters

a terrestrial crab , Birgus latro , of the Indo-Pacific region, known for its habit of climbing coconut palms to feed on the nuts

a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers

any of various crabs of the genera Macropodia, Libinia, etc, having a small triangular body and very long legs

a large, edible crab ( Cancer magister ) of the NW coast of North America

any marine chelicerate arthropod of the genus Limulus , of North America and Asia , having a rounded heavily armoured body with a long pointed tail : class Merostomata

any marine crab which has claws that are flattened for swimming

a crab , esp of the edible species Cancer pagurus, that has not recently moulted and therefore has a hard shell

a crab , esp of the edible species Cancer pagurus, that has recently moulted and has not yet formed its new shell