crabshell
nounEtymology From crab + shell.
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The shell of a crab.
- Apron […] the diaphragm of an animal, the hingelike appendage of a crabshell; […]1890, J. H. Blascke, A Few Steps to a Complete Dictionary of English Dialects, page 18:
- Mitts curled all the way up the arms, eyes bulged out of bulbs, beaks chittered and tongues scraped on crabshells. The anticipation built as the fish rounded the first curve. The fish were racing for all they were worth.2017, Jeremy Tyrrell, Tedrick Gritswell of Borobo Reef: