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crabling

crabling noun: a small, young, or baby crab.

Noun

crabling (plural crablings)

  1. A small, young, or baby crab.
    • The juvenile members of most of our seaside communities are much given to crab-fishing, and may be seen from early morn to evening late, dangling their legs over some convenient rock, sea-wall, or landing-steps, and with a piece of twine to which a dainty morsel of fish offal has been tied, doing...1867, William Barry Lord, Crab, shrimp, and lobster lore
    • This was, after all, the easiest kind of life a simple-minded crabling such as he could hope to achieve, and so Galoo's words did well to play upon his fears. the sea-swindler went on to say, giving the crabling a slight push to go.2009, R. Y. Gheith, The Complete Isaac Trilogy

Forms of crabling

pluralcrablings

Origin of crabling

From crab + -ling.

Questions about crabling

What does crabling mean?
Crabling means a small, young, or baby crab.
What part of speech is crabling?
Crabling is a noun.
What is the plural of crabling?
The plural of crabling is crablings.

Words near crabling in the dictionary

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

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