Resembling a carabid beetle or a crab in appearance or form; having crab-like characteristics.
From Greek 'karabos' (crab) plus '-oid' meaning 'resembling,' combining to describe things that look like crabs or the beetles named for their crab-like appearance.
Scientists love the '-oid' suffix because it lets them describe resemblance without claiming something IS exactly what it looks like—it's brilliant for describing borderline cases!
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