crablike

English

Etymology

crab +‎ -like. In sense “moving sideways”, due to crab’s sideways walk.

Adjective

crablike (comparative more crablike, superlative most crablike)

Having some characteristics of a crab
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
  It was in this stream, I recalled from newspaper items, that one of the morbid crablike beings had been seen floating after the floods.
Walking or moving sideways

Derived terms

crab-like rove beetle

Translations

having some characteristics of a crab

Portuguese: acaranguejado m
Spanish: acangrejado

See also

sidle

Anagrams

bark lice, barklice

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