sand crab

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Noun

sand crab (plural sand crabs)

1. A crab of the Hippoidea superfamily of decapod crustaceans, living in sandy habitats.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 372:

     She ran down the ribs of sand, sending the sand-crabs scurrying to their holes.

2. (US, naval slang) A civilian.

Translations

crab of the Hippoidea superfamily

• French: crabe-taupe m
• Navajo: łeeyiʼ chʼosh bikágí ntłʼizí
• Portuguese: tatuí m
• Spanish: chanchito (es) m, pulga del mar f