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crabstone

crabstone noun: a calcareous concretion found in the stomach of crabs and other crustaceans.

Noun

crabstone (plural crabstones)

  1. A calcareous concretion found in the stomach of crabs and other crustaceans.
    • [F]rom cadmium, gravel, crab-stones [translating Krebsaugen], emery and talc I prepared a powder for whitening teeth, and from lye, copper, sal ammoniac and camphor a blue tincture for scurvy, stomatitis, toothache and sore eyes.1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, IV.8, Dedalus 2016, p. 303

Forms of crabstone

pluralcrabstones

Origin of crabstone

From crab + stone.

Questions about crabstone

What does crabstone mean?
Crabstone means a calcareous concretion found in the stomach of crabs and other crustaceans.
What part of speech is crabstone?
Crabstone is a noun.
What is the plural of crabstone?
The plural of crabstone is crabstones.

Words near crabstone in the dictionary

  1. crabshells
  2. crabspider
  3. crabspiders
  4. crabstick
  5. crabsticks
  6. crabstone
  7. crabstones
  8. crabtree
  9. Crabtree effect
  10. Crabtree effects
  11. crabtrees

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