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crablike

crablike adjective: having some characteristics of a crab.

Adjective

crablike (comparative more crablike, superlative most crablike)

  1. Having some characteristics of a crab
    • It was in this stream, I recalled from newspaper items, that one of the morbid crablike beings had been seen floating after the floods.1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness
  2. Walking or moving sideways

crablike meaning in Marathi

crablike in Marathi

having some characteristics of a crab
खेकड्यासारखा khekaḍyāsārkhā

Forms of crablike

comparativemore crablike
superlativemost crablike

Origin of crablike

From crab + -like. In sense “moving sideways”, due to crab’s sideways walk.

Words formed from crablike

Questions about crablike

What does crablike mean?
Crablike means having some characteristics of a crab.
What is crablike in Marathi?
Crablike in Marathi is खेकड्यासारखा (khekaḍyāsārkhā). See Crablike meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is crablike?
Crablike is an adjective.

Words near crablike in the dictionary

  1. Crable
  2. Crables
  3. crabless
  4. crablet
  5. crablets
  6. crablike
  7. crabling
  8. crablings
  9. crabman
  10. crabmeat
  11. crabmen

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