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CRABS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does crabs mean?

• CRABS (noun)
The noun CRABS has 1 sense:

1. infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice

Familiarity information: CRABS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CRABS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

crabs; pediculosis pubis

Hypernyms ("crabs" is a kind of...):

lousiness; pediculosis (infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching)

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