Word.ws English Dictionary

Halloween crab

Halloween crab noun: the crab Gecarcinus quadratus.

Noun

Halloween crab (plural Halloween crabs)

  1. The crab Gecarcinus quadratus.
    Synonyms:
    mouthless crab

Synonyms of Halloween crab

Forms of Halloween crab

pluralHalloween crabs

Origin of Halloween crab

For its black and orange coloration, traditional colors of Halloween.

Questions about Halloween crab

What does Halloween crab mean?
Halloween crab means the crab Gecarcinus quadratus.
What part of speech is Halloween crab?
Halloween crab is a noun.
What is the plural of Halloween crab?
The plural of Halloween crab is Halloween crabs.

Words near Halloween crab in the dictionary

  1. Halloweek
  2. halloweekend
  3. Halloweekends
  4. Halloweeks
  5. Halloween
  6. Halloween crab
  7. Halloween crabs
  8. Halloweener
  9. Halloweeners
  10. Halloweenesque
  11. Halloweenlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Halloween crab (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Halloween crab.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/halloween_crab. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.