Dictionary Entry
A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
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Poetry examples for “crab”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →significantly reduced and disease resistance of the
shrimp is enhanced in the presence of bioflocs (Crab
et al., 2010; Aguilera-Rivera et al., 2019; Sajali et al.,
Read full poem →Crab R, Lambert A, Defoirdt T, Bossier P,
Verstraete W. 2010. The application of bioflocs
Read full poem →Is twelve yellow apples lovely to see
On one crab-tree.
And on each twig of every tree in the dell
Read full poem →Crawling crab-like over the clean white page,
Resting awhile each morning on the pillow,
Read full poem →In his rich nurseries, timely skill
Strong crab with nobler blood did fill;
The zephyr in his garden rolled
Read full poem →Here’s armorial bearings frae the manse o’ Urr;
The crest, a sour crab-apple, rotten at the core.
Buy braw troggin, &c.
Read full poem →Trying to peer through lighted shutters,
And a crab one afternoon in a pool,
An old crab with barnacles on his back,
Read full poem →she called me back, and mischievously fed me, from the pocket of her
gingham apron, crab apples and cranberries. Ever since that time those
fruits have been bitter delights to my superstitious fancy.