Topic: FOOD
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| Origin: | Old English crabba |
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | crabbed |
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crab
1 [countable]HB a sea animal with a hard shell, five legs on each side, and two large claws [↪ crustacean]
2DF [uncountable] the flesh of this animal that you can cook and eat : 
crab meatdressed crab (=prepared for eating)
crab meatdressed crab (=prepared for eating)3 a medical condition in which a type of louse (=insect) is in the hair around sexual organs
crabs
[plural] informalMI4 [singular] American English informal someone who becomes annoyed easily about unimportant things
