1. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers 
2. A quarrelsome grouch
   - crabby person 
3. The edible flesh of any of various crabs
   - crabmeat 
4. A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
   - crab louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis 
5. A stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
   "he caught a crab and lost the race"

1. Direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind 
2. Scurry sideways like a crab 
3. Fish for crab 
4. Complain
   - gripe, bitch, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler

1. The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
   - Cancer, Cancer the Crab 
2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
   - Cancer

Derived forms: crabbed, crabs, crabbing

See also: crabby

Type of: channelise [Brit], channelize, churl, complain, crank, crosspatch, decapod, decapod crustacean, direct, fish, grouch, grump, guide, head, house, individual, kick, kvetch [N. Amer], louse, maneuver [US], manoeuver [non-standard], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], mansion, mortal, person, plain [archaic], 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

Part of: Brachyura, crab cocktail, genus Phthirius, genus Phthirus, Phthirius, Phthirus, suborder Brachyura

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