Thesaurus / crab
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However, he lets shellfish, such as crab or shrimp, sit on the kitchen counter for too long, in my opinion.
HINTS FROM HELOISE: HOUSEWARMING GIFT GETS RECIPIENT FIRED UPHELOISE HELOISEJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTShe can watch the sunset on the Chesapeake and catch crabs off her dock.
SEA-LEVEL RISE IS ‘THE HIDDEN THREAT’ FOR ANNE ARUNDEL WATERFRONT HOMESSELENE SAN FELICEJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTDespite the name, they are not real crabs, so they’re not crustaceans.
EXPLAINER: INSECTS, ARACHNIDS AND OTHER ARTHROPODSCURTIS SEGARRAJANUARY 19, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSYou can’t throw a net without snaring a crab cake in Washington.
WE LOST JOHNNY’S HALF SHELL TO THE PANDEMIC. AFTER 20 YEARS, IT DESERVES A FAREWELL TOAST.TOM SIETSEMAJANUARY 15, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTheir eight powerful limbs can pluck crusty crabs from hiding spots.
TOUCHING ALLOWS OCTOPUSES TO PRE-TASTE THEIR FOODJONATHAN LAMBERTJANUARY 4, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSEggs found in the mouth of a deep-sea fish species, Parazen pacificus, belonged to a species of crab — not the fish, a reanalysis of the eggs confirmed.
READERS ASK ABOUT LIFE ON VENUS AND HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYSSCIENCE NEWS STAFFNOVEMBER 29, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThat’s because ants are distant cousins of crabs and other crustaceans, which generally have mineralized exoskeletons.
MINERAL BODY ARMOR HELPS SOME LEAF-CUTTING ANTS WIN FIGHTS WITH BIGGER KINCHRISTIE WILCOXNOVEMBER 24, 2020SCIENCE NEWSWhen I was a kid, my mom and dad let me splash around the creek trying to catch minnows and small crabs.
MUSHROOM HUNTING AT THE END OF THE WORLDDANNY PALUMBONOVEMBER 12, 2020EATERIt’s still going to be more profitable for them than basically trying to bleed blood out of a crab.
THE TRUE COST OF KEEPING A RESTAURANT OPEN DURING A PANDEMICCHARLOTTE DRUCKMANNOVEMBER 11, 2020EATERSpecial tight-mesh crab nets are sold in coastal areas for this purpose.
14 WILD EDIBLES YOU CAN PULL RIGHT OUT OF THE OCEANBY BOB MCNALLY/FIELD & STREAMOCTOBER 19, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEWORDS RELATED TO CRAB
- balk
- be displeased
- challenge
- complain
- crab
- criticize
- cross
- demur
- deprecate
- disapprove
- disavow
- discommend
- discountenance
- disesteem
- dispute
- dissent
- except
- expostulate
- frown
- go one-on-one
- gripe
- grouse
- inveigh
- kick
- make a stink
- mix it up with
- oppose
- protest
- rail
- raise objection
- rant
- rave
- remonstrate
- sound off
- spurn
- squawk
- storm
- take exception
- take on
- tangle
- balked
- challenged
- complained
- crabbed
- criticized
- crossed
- demurred
- deprecated
- disapproved
- disavowed
- discommended
- discountenanced
- disesteemed
- disputed
- dissented
- excepted
- expostulated
- frowned
- go-one-on-oned
- griped
- groused
- inveighed
- kicked
- made a stink
- mixed it up with
- opposed
- protested
- railed
- raised objection
- ranted
- raved
- remonstrated
- sounded off
- spurned
- squawked
- stormed
- tangled
- took exception
- took on
- was displeased
- arrest
- bar
- barricade
- block
- check
- choke
- clog
- close
- congest
- crab
- curb
- cut off
- dead-end
- drag one's feet
- fill
- foul up
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- hang up
- hide
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- mask
- monkey with
- obscure
- occlude
- plug
- restrain
- retard
- sandbag
- shield
- shut off
- slow down
- stall
- stonewall
- stop
- stopper
- stymie
- terminate
- throttle
- thwart
- trammel
- weigh down
- balk
- block
- choke off
- confound
- corner
- crab
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crimp
- cut off
- dead-end
- defeat
- foil
- give the runaround
- hang fire
- hang-up
- hold off
- hold up
- impede
- mystify
- nonplus
- obstruct
- pigeonhole
- prevent
- put on back burner
- put on hold
- puzzle
- shelve
- snooker
- stall
- stonewall
- stump
- throw a monkey wrench into
- thwart
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