decapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax

Brachyura, suborder Brachyura - an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface

Menippe mercenaria, stone crab - large edible crab of S coat of United States especially Florida

hard-shell crab - edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell

soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab - edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell

Cancer magister, Dungeness crab - small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America

Cancer irroratus, rock crab - crab of eastern coast of North America

Cancer borealis, Jonah crab - large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America

swimming crab - marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming

fiddler crab - burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male

pea crab - tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks

Paralithodes camtschatica, Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab - large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan

spider crab - any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies

crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump, churl - a bad-tempered person

human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

astrology, star divination - a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

mansion, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, house - (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

crab cocktail - a cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce

shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

blue crab - Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat

crab legs - legs of especially Alaska king crabs

soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab - freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible

Japanese crab - crabmeat usually canned; from Japan

Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab - meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat

Dungeness crab - small Pacific coast crab

stone crab - pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare

louse, sucking louse - wingless usually flattened blood-sucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals

genus Phthirius, genus Phthirus, Phthirius, Phthirus - true lice: crab lice

rowing, row - the act of rowing as a sport

air travel, air, aviation - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"

channelise, channelize, guide, maneuver, steer, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, direct - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter - to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

fish - catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends"

kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"