crabs
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Hutchings uses scallops, large shrimp and fish fillets, but other options like oysters, lobster tails, crabs, mussels and clams are perfectly acceptable.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
Today, chelicerates include more than 120,000 species, from spiders and scorpions to mites, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
You can’t even hunt the massive coconut crabs because they are a protected species.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
They also found many arthropods -- a family that includes modern-day crabs and insects -- including spiny, stalk-eyed creatures called radiodonts which were the apex predator of the time.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
Dicey felt like following her—she could imagine how those crabs felt, and she had had that feeling herself at times—but she wasn’t going to back down before those eyes.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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