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Meaning of CRAB in Tamil

நண்டு

Use in sentences of நண்டு

    Meaning of CRAB in English

    • One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.
    • The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
    • A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.
    • A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
    • A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
    • A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
    • A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
    • A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
    • To make sour or morose; to embitter.
    • To beat with a crabstick.
    • To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.
    • Sour; rough; austere.

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