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crab vs hard-shell crab

hard-shell crab vs crab

crab and hard-shell crab both are nouns.

crab is a verb but hard-shell crab is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
crab Yes No Yes No
hard-shell crab Yes No No No
As nouns, hard-shell crab is a hyponym of crab; that is, hard-shell crab is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crab:
  • crab: decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
  • hard-shell crab: edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell
Other hyponyms of crab include Menippe mercenaria, stone crab, soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab, Cancer magister, Dungeness crab, Cancer irroratus, rock crab, Cancer borealis, Jonah crab, swimming crab, fiddler crab, pea crab, Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, spider crab.
crab (noun) hard-shell crab (noun)
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
a quarrelsome grouch
crab (verb) hard-shell crab (verb)
complain
fish for crab
scurry sideways like a crab
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
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