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crab-eater

crab-eater noun: a cobia, a fish of species Rachycentron canadum.

Noun

crab-eater (plural crab-eaters)

  1. A cobia, a fish of species Rachycentron canadum.
  2. A crab-eater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus), which eats krill (not crabs).
    Synonyms:
    krill-eater seal

crab-eater meaning in Tamil

crab-eater in Tamil

பட்டைக் கோடுள்ள மீன்வகை, தென் துருவக் கடல்நாய்

Synonyms of crab-eater

  • krill-eater seal

Forms of crab-eater

pluralcrab-eaters
alternative formcrabeater

Words formed from crab-eater

Questions about crab-eater

What does crab-eater mean?
Crab-eater means a cobia, a fish of species Rachycentron canadum.
What is crab-eater in Tamil?
Crab-eater in Tamil is பட்டைக் கோடுள்ள மீன்வகை, தென் துருவக் கடல்நாய். See Crab-eater meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crab-eater?
Crab-eater is a noun.
What is the plural of crab-eater?
The plural of crab-eater is crab-eaters.

Words near crab-eater in the dictionary

  1. crab's eye
  2. crab's eyes
  3. crab-apple
  4. crab-apples
  5. crab-core
  6. crab-eater
  7. crab-eater seal
  8. crab-eaters
  9. crab-eating fox
  10. crab-eating foxes
  11. crab-eating frog

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crab-eater (page history and authors); crab-eater (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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