Noun: crab claw
| Singular | crab claw |
| Plural | crab claws |
Sample Sentences
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[…] during the ensuing centuries Hawaiians developed their own form of sail, called a “crab claw” because of its distinctive shape. [1993, George Hu'eu Kanahele, Kū Kanaka, Stand Tall: A Search for Hawaiian Values, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 254:]
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Surprisingly, or not so to me, the best is the Pacific crab claw rig, closely followed by the Arab dhow or lateen sail, and the standing lug. [2011, William E. Courduff, Butterfly on the Water, Author House, →ISBN, page 178:]
Nouns inflected like crab claw
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Cognate with Danish krebseklo and krabbeklo, Icelandic krabbakló. See: Danish Nouns '
krebseklo', Icelandic Nouns '
krabbakló'.
Verbs referencing "crab claw"
Icelandic Nouns
krabbakló.