crab
Example Sentences
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In Indonesia's Lembeh Strait at night, a tiny crab clings to a drifting jellyfish.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
The South Carolina crab shack fried green tomatoes with a ramekin of remoulade.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
Pollution has ravaged once-abundant stocks of fish and crab.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
The crab has laid lurid orange eggs inside its long-dead host.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Sammy and James took the few bony fish they had caught and baited the crab traps.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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