crab

Example Sentences

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In Indonesia's Lembeh Strait at night, a tiny crab clings to a drifting jellyfish.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Pollution has ravaged once-abundant stocks of fish and crab.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

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 • Jan. 26, 2026

The crab cakes were our best bite, filled with loads of lump crab meat served with a horseradish cream sauce.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

It’s made me a bit of a crab at times.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell