crab
Example Sentences
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While starters include salads, a raw bar, and more, it was the crab cake that truly delighted me—and it was excellent.
From Salon
Christopher caught a crab and they ate it raw, slicing the shell with the glamry blade, the flesh sweet and cool from the sea.
From Literature
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They also found many arthropods -- a family that includes modern-day crabs and insects -- including spiny, stalk-eyed creatures called radiodonts which were the apex predator of the time.
From Barron's
There’s a restaurant called the Seafarer, advertising its “famous” crab sandwich.
From Literature
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And there's a deep-sea hermit crab, living not inside a shell, but a sea star the team can't immediately identify.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.