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false crabs

false crabs is the plural of false crab.

Meaning of false crab

Noun

false crab (plural false crabs)

  1. (informal, evolution) A crab that is not a true crab (not a member of the Brachyura). A crab that is not a brachyuran. A carcinized decapod crustacean that is not a phylogenic crab.

Questions about false crabs

What is false crabs the plural of?
False crabs is the plural of false crab.

Words near false crabs in the dictionary

  1. false consciousness
  2. false consciousnesses
  3. false cousin
  4. false cousins
  5. false crab
  6. false crabs
  7. false croup
  8. false croups
  9. false cypress
  10. false daisy
  11. false dandelion

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