Crab vs. Scorpion

Crabnoun

A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.

Crabnoun

(uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat

Crabnoun

A bad-tempered person.

Crabnoun

An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).

Crabnoun

(slang) A playing card with the rank of three.

Crabnoun

(rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.

Crabnoun

A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.

Crabnoun

The crab apple or wild apple.

Crabnoun

The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.

Crabnoun

A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.

Crabnoun

A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.

Crabnoun

A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.

Crabnoun

A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

Crabnoun

A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

Crabnoun

The tree species Carapa guianensis, native of South America.

Crabnoun

Short for carabiner.

Crabverb

(intransitive) To fish for crabs.

Crabverb

To ruin.

Crabverb

(intransitive) To complain.

Crabverb

(intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward by analogy with the movement of a crab.

Crabverb

(transitive) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.

Crabverb

, to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.

Crabverb

(rare) To back out of something.

Crabverb

(obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour

Crabverb

To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.

Crabverb

(British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick

Crabnoun

One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.

Crabnoun

The zodiacal constellation Cancer.

Crabnoun

A crab apple; - so named from its harsh taste.

Crabnoun

A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.

Crabnoun

A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.

Crabverb

To make sour or morose; to embitter.

Crabverb

To beat with a crabstick.

Crabverb

To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.

Crabadjective

Sour; rough; austere.

Crabnoun

decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

Crabnoun

a quarrelsome grouch

Crabnoun

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

Crabnoun

the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

Crabnoun

the edible flesh of any of various crabs

Crabnoun

infests the pubic region of the human body

Crabnoun

a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply;

Crabverb

direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

Crabverb

scurry sideways like a crab

Crabverb

fish for crab

Crabverb

complain;

Crab

Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting (abdomen) (Greek: βραχύς, romanized: brachys = short, οὐρά / οura = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the world's oceans, in fresh water, and on land, are generally covered with a thick exoskeleton, and have a single pair of pincers.

Scorpionnoun

Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.

Scorpionnoun

(historical) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.

Scorpionnoun

A very spiteful or vindictive person.

Scorpionnoun

A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.

Scorpionnoun

Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.

Scorpionnoun

The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).

Scorpionnoun

The scorpene.

Scorpionnoun

A painful scourge.

Scorpionnoun

A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.

Scorpionnoun

An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.

Scorpionnoun

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio

Scorpionnoun

the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21

Scorpionnoun

arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous sting

Scorpionnoun

a terrestrial arachnid with pincers similar to those of a lobster and a poisonous sting at the end of its jointed tail, which it can hold curved over its back. Most kinds live in tropical and subtropical areas.

Scorpionnoun

used in names of arachnids and insects resembling a scorpion, e.g. false scorpion, water scorpion.

Scorpionnoun

the zodiacal sign Scorpio or the constellation Scorpius.

Scorpionnoun

a whip with metal points.

Scorpion

Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always ending with a stinger.