crablike en · ADJ
Etymology
From crab + -like. In sense “moving sideways”, due to crab’s sideways walk.
Meanings
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Having some characteristics of a crab
It was in this stream, I recalled from newspaper items, that one of the morbid crablike beings had been seen floating after the floods.
1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
- Walking or moving sideways
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most crablike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more crablike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (4)
mr खेकड्यासारखा (having some characteristics of a crab) · pt acaranguejado (having some characteristics of a crab) · pl krabowy (having some characteristics of a crab) · es acangrejado (having some characteristics of a crab)