decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
a quarrelsome grouch
[ Syn: crabby person ]
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
[ Syn: cancer , cancer the crab , crab ]
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
[ Syn: crabmeat ]
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
[ Syn: crab louse , pubic louse , phthirius pubis ]
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; he caught a crab and lost the race'