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1. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice
   - pediculosis pubis

1. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
    
2. A quarrelsome grouch
   - crabby person
    
3. The edible flesh of any of various crabs
   - crabmeat
    
4. A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
   - crab louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis
    
5. A stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
   "he caught a crab and lost the race"

1. (air travel) direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
    
2. Scurry sideways like a crab
    
3. Fish for crab
    
4. Complain
   "What was he crabbing about?";
   - gripe, bitch, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler

Type of: channelise [Brit], channelize, churl, complain, crank, crosspatch, decapod, decapod crustacean, direct, fish, grouch, grump, guide, head, kick, kvetch [N. Amer], louse, lousiness, maneuver [US], manoeuver [non-standard], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], moan, pediculosis, plain [archaic], point, quetch, row, rowing, scamper, scurry, scuttle, shellfish, skitter, sound off, steer, sucking louse

Part of: Brachyura, crab cocktail, genus Phthirius, genus Phthirus, Phthirius, Phthirus, suborder Brachyura

Encyclopedia: Crabs