Crablike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having some characteristics of a crab

    "It was in this stream, I recalled from newspaper items, that one of the morbid crablike beings had been seen floating after the floods."

  2. 2
    Walking or moving sideways

Synonyms

All synonyms
carcinomorphic

Example

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"It was in this stream, I recalled from newspaper items, that one of the morbid crablike beings had been seen floating after the floods."

Etymology

From crab + -like. In sense “moving sideways”, due to crab’s sideways walk.

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crab-like rove beetle

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