Crab: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

A crab is any of various crustaceans with four pairs of legs, a pair of pincers, a flattish shell, and a short, broad abdomen folded under its thorax.

• Blue crab
• Dungeness crab
• Coconut crab
• Fiddler crab
• Ghost crab
• Hermit crab
• Japanese spider crab (largest crab alive)
• Jonah crab
• Lady crab, Calico crab
• Mangrove crab
• Mole crab
• Mud crab, Black fingered mud crab, White-tipped mud crab
• Oyster crab
• Rock crab
• Pea crab
• Purse crab
• Spider crab
• Stone crab

Several similar animals, such as the crab louse, Horseshoe crab, or the hermit crab, are also called crabs.

"Crabs" is a slang term for pubic lice.

A crab is any of various machines used to hoist heavy objects.

A Crab landing is a method of landing an airplane in a crosswind.

A crab is a type of misapplied stroke in rowing when the oar is pulled round past the oarsman.