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crab

 
pronunciation:
kraeb
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: A crab is an animal that has ten legs and usually lives in or near the ocean. Crabs have a wide, flat body covered by a hard shell.
When I was at the beach, I saw a crab under a rock!People catch crabs in nets or big cages called crab pots.
 
definition 2: Crab is a kind of food. It comes from the sea animal called a crab. It is the part of a crab that people can eat.
We went to a seafood restaurant for my mom's birthday. She had crab, but the rest of us had shrimp.
 
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