crablike

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adjective

Having some characteristics of a crab

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Meanings

adjectivecrablike (comparative more crablike, superlative most crablike)

comparative more crablike · superlative most crablike

  1. Having some characteristics of a crab

    It was in this stream, I recalled from newspaper items, that one of the morbid crablike beings had been seen floating after the floods.

    1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness
  2. Walking or moving sideways

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
carcinomorphic

Origin

From crab + -like. In sense “moving sideways”, due to crab’s sideways walk.

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Translations

Polish krabowy
  • krabowyhaving some characteristics of a crab
Portuguese acaranguejado
  • acaranguejadohaving some characteristics of a crab
Spanish acangrejado
  • acangrejadohaving some characteristics of a crab
Cite this entry
APA

crablike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crablike

MLA

“crablike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crablike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crablike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crablike.

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