Crabshell

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The shell of a crab.

    "Apron […] the diaphragm of an animal, the hingelike appendage of a crabshell; […]"

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"Apron […] the diaphragm of an animal, the hingelike appendage of a crabshell; […]"

Etymology

From crab + shell.

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