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sandcrab

sandcrab is the alternative form of sand crab.

Meaning of sand crab

Noun

sand crab (plural sand crabs)

  1. A crab of the Hippoidea superfamily of decapod crustaceans, living in sandy habitats.
    • She ran down the ribs of sand, sending the sand-crabs scurrying to their holes.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 372
    Synonyms:
    mole crab, sand bug
  2. (US, slang) A civilian.

Forms of sandcrab

pluralsandcrabs

Questions about sandcrab

What is sandcrab the alternative form of?
Sandcrab is the alternative form of sand crab.

Words near sandcrab in the dictionary

  1. sandcastles
  2. sandcastling
  3. sandcherry
  4. sandcorn
  5. sandcorns
  6. sandcrab
  7. sandcrack
  8. sandcracks
  9. sandcrete
  10. sandcretes
  11. sandculture

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