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crabs

/ kræbz /

noun

  1. sometimes functioning as singular the lowest throw in a game of chance, esp two aces in dice
“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of crabs1

plural of crab 1
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Example Sentences

The coral is a species called Pavona clavus and provides a home to shrimp, crabs, fish and other marine creatures.

From BBC

It was 3 March 2021 when Billy noticed the emaciated animal, who he later named Molly, cracking crabs near his house in Shetland.

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They feed on small reef fishes, shrimps, octopuses, crabs, sea urchins and lobsters.

As you amble past the rocky shores, you’ll glimpse seabirds, crabs, lobsters and seals.

One of the most prominent — and pinchy — ways this manifests is known as carcinization, the idea that nature keeps evolving crabs.

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