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Crabeater is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Crabeater in a sentence

Crabeater meaning

  1. A cobia or sergeant fish (Rachycentron canadum).
  2. A little bittern; a bird of species Ixobrychus minutus.
  3. An Antarctic seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) that feeds on krill.

Using Crabeater

  • The main meaning on this page is: A cobia or sergeant fish (Rachycentron canadum). | A little bittern; a bird of species Ixobrychus minutus. | An Antarctic seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) that feeds on krill.
  • In the example corpus, crabeater often appears in combinations such as: crabeater seals.

Context around Crabeater

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

target 1×

Often after:

seals 2× pups 1× seal 1×

Sentence patterns with Crabeater

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

crabeater seals have 1× hunting of crabeater seals leopard 1× to a crabeater seal s 1× typically target crabeater pups which 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

crabeater seals have 1× leopard seals typically 1× the convention for 1× the head is 1×

Common sentence endings:

and weddell seals 1× crabeater seal s 1× from the water 1× november to january 1×

Words around Crabeater

Just before it in the word index:

crabcakes 2 crabby 15 crabbs 2 crabble 2 crabbing 13 crabbers 5

Just after it in the word index:

crabel 2 crabgrass 5 crabhouse 2 crabill 2 crabmeat 8 crabs 151

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Crabeater

  • In this selection, "crabeater" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, target, seals, pups and seal stand out and add context to how "crabeater" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include crabeater seals have and hunting of crabeater seals leopard. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "crabeater" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with crabeater

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Leopard seals typically target crabeater pups, which form an important part of their diet from November to January. (18 words)

The head is very large and cow-like or reptilian with teeth similar to a crabeater seal's. (18 words)

The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals allows limited hunting of crabeater seals, leopard seals and Weddell seals. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Crabeater seals have even developed special teeth as an adaptation to catch this abundant food source: its unusual multilobed teeth enable this species to sieve krill from the water. (29 words)

The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals allows limited hunting of crabeater seals, leopard seals and Weddell seals. (19 words)

Leopard seals typically target crabeater pups, which form an important part of their diet from November to January. (18 words)

Example sentences (4)

Crabeater seals have even developed special teeth as an adaptation to catch this abundant food source: its unusual multilobed teeth enable this species to sieve krill from the water.

Leopard seals typically target crabeater pups, which form an important part of their diet from November to January.

The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals allows limited hunting of crabeater seals, leopard seals and Weddell seals.

The head is very large and cow-like or reptilian with teeth similar to a crabeater seal's.

Common combinations with crabeater

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "crabeater" in a sentence?
An example: "Crabeater seals have even developed special teeth as an adaptation to catch this abundant food source: its unusual multilobed teeth enable this species to sieve krill from the water." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "crabeater" from authentic English texts.
What does "crabeater" mean?
Crabeater means: A cobia or sergeant fish (Rachycentron canadum).
How many example sentences with "crabeater" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "crabeater", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.