crabstone

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noun

A calcareous concretion found in the stomach of crabs and other crustaceans.

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Meanings

nouncrabstone (plural crabstones)

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

Origin

From crab + stone.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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