How do you pluralize crab?

crab
  1. plural crabs also crab : any of numerous chiefly marine broadly built decapod crustaceans: ...
  2. capitalized : cancer sense 1.
  3. crabs plural : infestation with crab lice.
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What is the plural word for crab?

The plural form of crab is crabs.
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Is shrimp a singular or plural noun?

The noun shrimp can be countable or uncountable. In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be shrimp. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be shrimps e.g. in reference to various types of shrimps or a collection of shrimps.
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What is plural moose?

Despite what a certain honking bird whose singular form rhymes with that of "moose" might suggest, the plural of "moose" is not "meese." It's just "moose." One moose, three moose, a herd of moose.
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What is the plural of octopus?

Octopuses ✅

Octopuses may sound peculiar to some, but this is the preferred plural. It's also peculiar to debate octopuses when the octopus is a solitary creature.
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What is the noun form of crab?

noun. noun. /kræb/ 1[countable] a sea creature with a hard shell, eight legs, and two pincers (= curved and pointed arms for catching and holding things).
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Is shrimp countable or uncountable?

Individual shrimps are countable, e.g. "there are 50 shrimps in the pool" but, considered as a food, the uncountable noun is usually shrimp. So is the plural noun for the food product.
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What do you call multiple crabs?

A group of crabs is called a 'cast'.
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What are crabs on a girl?

Pubic lice, commonly called crabs, are tiny insects found in your genital area. They are a different type of louse from head lice and body lice. Measuring 1/16 inch (1.6 millimeters) or less, pubic lice received their nickname because their bodies resemble tiny crabs.
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Are you a crab?

A crab is defined as someone who complains. An example of a crab is a grumpy old man. A crab is a type of bug that is sometimes sexual transmitted. An example of a crab is a type of lice, more often referred to as crabs.
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What is the plural of lobster?

lobster /ˈlɑːbstɚ/ noun. plural lobsters.
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What is the plural form of shrimp?

noun. \ ˈshrimp , especially Southern ˈsrimp \ plural shrimp or shrimps.
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What is the plural of fish?

Answer. The plural form of 'fish' is the same as the singular form when you are talking about one kind of fish. I have one fish in my fishtank. I have two fish in my fish tank. I got a new fish for my birthday.
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What is crab slang for?

Crabs: Slang for pubic lice, parasitic insects that can infest in the genital area of humans. Pubic lice are usually spread through sexual contact. Rarely, infestation can be spread through contact with an infested person's bed linens, towels, or clothes. The key symptom of pubic lice is itching in the genital area.
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Do crabs feel pain?

A longstanding related question: Do they feel pain? Yes, researchers now say. Not only do crabs suffer pain, a new study found, but they retain a memory of it (assuming they aren't already dead on your dinner plate). The scientists say its time for new laws to consider the suffering of all crustaceans.
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How do you use crab in a sentence?

  1. You cannot make a crab walk straight.
  2. A crab nipped my toe while I was paddling.
  3. A crab scuttled away under a rock as we passed.
  4. Although it is tasty, crab is very filling.
  5. The crab apple bears a small, bitter fruit.
  6. This crab meat/salad is delicious!
  7. A crab moves sideways.
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Is crab a adjective?

crab (verb) crabbed (adjective) crab apple (noun) hermit crab (noun)
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Is crab a fish?

Crabs aren't fish, they are crustaceans.
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What is the plural of platypus?

Some English speakers use platypi as the plural for platypus, but that is far less common than platypuses.
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What is the plural of giraffe?

noun. gi·​raffe | \ jə-ˈraf \ plural giraffes.
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What is the plural of hippopotamus?

hippopotamus. noun. hip·​po·​pot·​a·​mus | \ ˌhi-pə-ˈpä-tə-məs \ plural hippopotamuses or hippopotami\ -​ˌmī \
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