🇬🇧Level C1

crab

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Pluralcrabs

Definition

A crustacean with a broad carapace, stalked eyes, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which are modified as pincers.

To remember it

Picture the giant, glowing crab in a starry sky and imagine its claws reaching out to touch distant planets. This vivid scene helps you remember 'crab' as a large, spiny creature with big claws.

Examples

A1
I see a crab on the beach.
A2
The crab has big claws.
B1
We caught a crab while fishing, but we threw it back.
B2
The crab's shell is hard, so it must molt to grow.
C1
Having scuttled sideways across the rock pool, the crab vanished into a crevice.
C2
Should a crab lose a claw in a fight, it can regenerate the limb over several molts.