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crabstones

crabstones is the plural of crabstone.

Meaning of crabstone

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

Questions about crabstones

What is crabstones the plural of?
Crabstones is the plural of crabstone.

Words near crabstones in the dictionary

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

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