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Example sentences from the Web for crabsThe term exoskeleton refers to the hard outer shell found on insects and certain animals like grasshoppers and crabs. The Bionic Exoskeleton Helping Paraplegics Walk|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST It's amazing what a few old guys can do with a little bit of charm and a whole lot of crabs. TV Does Sex Ed|Abby Haglage|October 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST She was stranded and died on Nikumaroro Island, and her remains were carried off by crabs. 8 Crazy Conspiracy Theories About Aviator Amelia Earhart’s Demise|Jake Heller|March 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST We had seen armfuls of crabs emerging from beneath the sand on the beach. Our Visit From Irene|India Hicks|August 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The best way to enjoy the crabs is to play up their crackly edible shell with a batter coating. What to Eat|Cookstr.com|June 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST It is great sport to get the crabs excited, and to see them, scuttling around, ready to attack their foes. Mpuke, Our Little African Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade Simmer the flakes of two crabs and one-half of a chopped onion in butter. The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book|Victor Hirtzler In those very early times, in the province of Bohol, there lived a creature called Mangla;1 he was king of the crabs. Filipino Popular Tales|Dean S. Fansler Mix with the contents of a can of crabs, bread crumbs or pounded crackers. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887)|Mrs. F.L. Gillette Chief among these amphibious forms in the warmer seas are the Crabs of the genera Ocypode and Gelasimus and some of their allies. The Life of Crustacea|William Thomas Calman
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noun(sometimes functioning as singular) the lowest throw in a game of chance, esp two aces in dice Word Origin for crabsplural of crab 1 Words nearby crabscrab grass, crab louse, crabmeat, Crab Nebula, crab-plover, crabs, crab's eye, crab spider, crabstick, crab tree, crabwise Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to crabsgrump, complainer, sourpuss, grumbler, bellyacher, growler, whiner, curmudgeon, faultfinder, moan, criticize, nag, whine, carp, gripe, fuss |