crab

crabe

Animal marin avec une carapace dure, plusieurs pattes et deux pinces pour saisir des choses.

En anglais simple : A sea animal with a hard shell, several legs, and two claws for grabbing things.

• A crab hid under the rock.
• We watched crabs moving across the sand.
• Have you ever caught a crab?

Expressions courantes : sea crab, catch a crab, crab shell

chair de crabe

Chair tendre d’un animal marin à pinces, consommée comme aliment.

En anglais simple : The soft meat of a sea animal with claws, eaten as food.

• We had crab for lunch.
• She put some crab in the salad.
• Have you ever tried fresh crab?

Synonymes : crabmeat

Expressions courantes : fresh crab, crab meat, crab salad

crabe

Animal apparenté aux vrais crabes, souvent doté d’un corps mou protégé par une coquille.

En anglais simple : An animal related to true crabs, often with a soft body protected by a shell.

• A hermit crab lives in an empty shell.
• King crabs have long legs.
• The crab moved into a larger shell.

Expressions courantes : hermit crab, king crab