crab

🇺🇸 /kræb/ 🇬🇧 /kræb/
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noun
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A sea animal with a hard shell, eight legs, and two claws. Crabs walk sideways.

We saw a crab crawling sideways on the beach.

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The meat from a crab that people eat.

I ordered crab for dinner at the seafood restaurant.

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An itchy condition caused by tiny insects in pubic hair.

The doctor said the itching was caused by crab lice.

translation

n. A sea animal with a hard shell, eight legs, and two claws. Crabs walk sideways.; The meat from a crab that people eat.; An itchy condition caused by tiny insects in pubic hair.

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Plural crabs