Get to know Crabs better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Crabs meaning
plural of crab
Synonyms of Crabs
Using Crabs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of crab
- Useful related words include: pediculosis pubis, pediculosis, lousiness.
- In the example corpus, crabs often appears in combinations such as: crabs and, the crabs, crabs are.
Context around Crabs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crabs
- In this selection, "crabs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, green, mitten, red, eaten, shrimp and behave stand out and add context to how "crabs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and flatfish crabs and starfish and big the crabs were. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crabs" sits close to words such as abuser, acquires and agarwal, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crabs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Invasive crabs are hitting B.C. waters. (7 words)
Green crabs are never separated from red crabs. (8 words)
Levels in crabs in other locations were much lower. (9 words)
The freshwater crab genus Seychellum is endemic to the granitic Seychelles, and a further 26 species of crabs and five species of hermit crabs live on the islands. citation The Aldabra giant tortoise now populates many of the islands of Seychelles. (41 words)
European green crabs have posed a problem off the coast of Vancouver Island for decades now, and while current conservation efforts have focused on deep freezing them and throwing them in a landfill, some suggest eating them instead. (38 words)
With spring weather coming, Out of the Blue invites everyone to come out to enjoy crabs, shrimp and drinks on their patio, or order carryout crabs for your next party by the pound or bushel. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The researchers compared claws to identify the crabs eaten by Neanderthals and work out how big the crabs were.
Green crabs are never separated from red crabs.
With spring weather coming, Out of the Blue invites everyone to come out to enjoy crabs, shrimp and drinks on their patio, or order carryout crabs for your next party by the pound or bushel.
Put a number of live crabs in a basket and witness how crabs behave.
Locals are also quite fussy about when to consume male crabs and when to consume female crabs.
The freshwater crab genus Seychellum is endemic to the granitic Seychelles, and a further 26 species of crabs and five species of hermit crabs live on the islands. citation The Aldabra giant tortoise now populates many of the islands of Seychelles.
Atlantic fishers are feeling the pinch as Japan replaces Canadian imports with cheap Russian snow crabs, as Tokyo pushes back on claims from Ottawa that this undermines G7 sanctions.
Brits have been warned of the risk of an invasion of Chinese mitten crabs - crustaceans that can damage riverbanks, have a negative impact on the fishing industry and give a painful bite if threatened.
Crabs, spiders and other creatures can also regrow lost limbs.
European green crabs have posed a problem off the coast of Vancouver Island for decades now, and while current conservation efforts have focused on deep freezing them and throwing them in a landfill, some suggest eating them instead.
Invasive crabs are hitting B.C. waters.
I think it’s safe to say this little creature eats crabs.
It is possible to quickly and easily obtain 10-15 Bright-Eyed Crabs on this route.
Levels in crabs in other locations were much lower.
Meanwhile there could be evidence of another foreign invasion – from Chinese mitten crabs.
Mr. Graham picks up a few escaped crabs and returns them to their tanks.
Records obtained by NPR indicate that in some states, fishermen paid by the bleeding companies have handled crabs in ways that research has shown to cause harm or have violated harvest laws without punishment.
Regulators estimate about 15% of the crabs die in the bleeding process.
Reports on SM of significant amounts of razor clams, mussels, bivalves, urchins, seaweed and flatfish, crabs and starfish washed up.
The Center also aims to preserve a natural environment by introducing reef cleaners such as fish, snails, crabs, and sea urchins.
Common combinations with crabs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- crabs and 26×
- the crabs 11×
- crabs are 9×
- of crabs 9×
- horseshoe crabs 8×
- crabs in 7×
- hermit crabs 7×
- and crabs 7×
- crabs to 5×
- snow crabs 4×