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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

invertebrate go
any animal lacking a backbone or notochord

arthropod go
invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

crustacean go
any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton

decapod, decapod crustacean go
crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax

crab
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

noun.animal

11 Subcategories

stone crab, Menippe mercenaria go
large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
hard-shell crab go
edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell
soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab go
edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell
Dungeness crab, Cancer magister go
small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
rock crab, Cancer irroratus go
crab of eastern coast of North America
Jonah crab, Cancer borealis go
large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America
swimming crab go
marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming
fiddler crab go
burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male
pea crab go
tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks
king crab, Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica go
large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
spider crab go
any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies