a crustacean with a broad flat shell and five pairs of legs
from Old English crabba, related to German Krabbe, possibly from root meaning 'to scratch'
Crabs are basically the spiders of the sea - they're both arthropods with jointed legs and external skeletons! Some crabs can live up to 100 years, and they literally grow by molting their entire shell.
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