crab

[AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. Crawfish.]

1. (Zoöl.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.

Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is Cancer padurus. Soft-shelled crabs are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See Cancer; also, Box crab, Fiddler crab, Hermit crab, Spider crab, etc., under Box, Fiddler. etc.

2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer.

3. [See Crab, a.]
(Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.

When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,
Then nightly sings the staring owl.

4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] Garrick.

5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

Calling crab. (Zoöl.) See Fiddler., n., 2. -- Crab apple, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple (Pyrus Malus var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple (Pyrus baccata); and the American (Pyrus coronaria). -- Crab grass. (Bot.) (a) A grass (Digitaria, or Panicum, sanguinalis); -- called also finger grass. (b) A grass of the genus Eleusine (E. Indica); -- called also dog's-tail grass, wire grass, etc. -- Crab louse (Zoöl.), a species of louse (Phthirius pubis), sometimes infesting the human body. -- Crab plover (Zoöl.), an Asiatic plover (Dromas ardeola). -- Crab's eyes, or Crab's stones, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. -- Crab spider (Zoöl.), one of a group of spiders (Laterigradæ); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. -- Crab tree, the tree that bears crab applies. -- Crab wood, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. McElrath. -- To catch a crab (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke.

Crab
v. t. (krăb)

1. To make sour or morose; to embitter. [Obs.]

Sickness sours or crabs our nature.

2. To beat with a crabstick. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

Crab
v. i.

(Naut.)To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Crab
a.

[Prob. from the same root as crab, n.]
Sour; rough; austere.

The crab vintage of the neighb'ring coast.

Any of a large variety (over 4,000) of crustaceans with 10 legs, the front two of which have pincers, and sweet, succulent meat. There are fresh- and saltwater crabs, the latter being the most plentiful. The major catch on the Pacific coast is Dungeness crab, from the North Pacific come the king crab and snow crab, along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts it's blue crab and Florida waters give us the stone crab. Dungeness crab, the pride of the Pacific coast, can be found all the way from Alaska to Mexico. This large crab can range from 1 to almost 4 pounds; its pink flesh is succulent and sweet. King crab can measure up to 10 feet, claw to claw, and it isn't unusual for it to weigh 10 to 15 pounds. The delicately flavored meat is snowy white and edged with a beautiful bright red. It's found in the northern Pacific, and because it's most abundant around Alaska and Japan, it is also referred to as Alaska king crab and Japanese king crab. Because the species is rapidly dwindling, the king crab catch is rigidly quota- controlled. Snow crab is indigenous to the North Pacific and Canada's east coast and can measure up to 3 feet across. Its white flesh is tinged with pink and has a slightly salty flavor. Blue crab is so named because of its blue claws and dark blue-green, oval shell. It's found along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts and marketed in both its hard- and soft-shell stages. Stone crabs can be found along America's coast from North Carolina to Texas and is most prolific in Florida waters. Its name comes from its rocklike, oval-shape shell; only the claw meat is eaten. Because of that fact, fishermen usually simply twist off the claws and throw the crab back to grow new ones. This regeneration process can take up to 2 years of the stone crab's 10-year lifespan. Being clawless in no way inhibits the crab's feeding capabilities, because these crabs use their claws for defensive purposes only. Stone crabmeat has a firm texture and a sweet, succulent flavor. It's marketed precooked (usually frozen) because the meat has a tendency to adhere to the shell if frozen raw. Rock crabs and Jonah crabs both can be found on the northeast coast of the United States; rock crabs can also be found along the west coast. The flesh of both is white, firm, moist and sweet. Golden crabs are found in the south Atlantic and in the Gulf of Mexico. They're so named because, when cooked, their shell turns a pale golden color. Their moist, delicate meat is white flecked with red. Hard-shell crabs are available year-round in coastal areas. They're sold whole (cooked or live), and in the form of cooked lump meat (whole pieces of the white body meat) or flaked meat (small bits of light and dark meat from the body and claws). Soft-shell crabs are always sold whole and are in season from April to mid-September, with a peak in June and July. The term "soft-shell" describes a growth state of the crab, during which time it casts off its shell in order to grow one that's larger. Soon after the crab sheds its shell, its skin hardens into a new one. During those few days before the new shell hardens, these crustaceans are referred to as "soft-shell" crabs. In the United States, the blue crab is the species most commonly eaten in its soft-shell state. All live crabs should be used on the day they're purchased. Refrigerate them until just before cooking. Cook raw crabmeat within 24 hours after the crab dies. Crabmeat is also available frozen, canned or pasteurized (heated in cans at a temperature high enough to kill bacteria, but lower than that used in canning). Pasteurized crabmeat should be stored unopened in the refrigerator for up to 6 months and used within 4 days of opening. Whole crabs and crabmeat can be cooked in a variety of ways including frying, steaming, broiling or in soups, gumbos or crab cakes. Crab roe, available only in the spring, is a prized addition to the South Carolina specialty, she-crab soup. See also crab boil; crab cake; crab imperial; crab louis; oyster crab; she-crab soup; shellfish; surimi.

noun

A person who habitually complains or grumbles: complainer, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, whiner. Informal crank, griper, grouser. Slang bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss. See happy/unhappy.

verb

To express negative feelings, especially of dissatisfaction or resentment: complain, grouch, grump, whine. Informal gripe, grouse, kick. Slang beef, bellyache, bitch. See feelings, happy/unhappy.

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Common swimming crab (Portunus holsatus), showing its paddle-shaped feet (credit: Dr. Eckart Pott/Bruce Coleman Ltd.)

Any of 4,500 species of short-tailed decapod, found in all oceans, in freshwater, and on land. Its carapace (upper body shield) is usually broad, and its first pair of legs is modified into pincers. Most crabs live in the sea and breathe through gills, which in land crabs are modified to serve as lungs. They walk or crawl, generally with a sideways gait; some are good swimmers. Crabs are omnivorous scavengers, but many are predatory and some are herbivorous. Two of the largest known crustaceans are the giant crab of Japan (13 ft, or 4 m, from claw tip to claw tip), a spider crab; and the Tasmanian crab (up to 18 in., or 46 cm, long, and weighing more than 20 lbs, or 9 kg). Other species are less than an inch long. Well-known crabs include the hermit crab, edible crab (Britain and Europe), blue crab, Dungeness crab, fiddler crab, and king crab.

For more information on crab, visit Britannica.com.

1. A short shaft or axle, mounted on a frame, having squared ends to receive hand cranks; used to wind up a rope carrying a load.
2. See crocket.

The pattern of movement when a dog's body is at an angle to the line of travel.

In a standard 52 deck, any of the four threes.

SoundPoker Says: The 3's are called "crab" due to the fact the three resembles a crab's pinchers.

See Also: Crabs

For other uses, see Crab (disambiguation).

Crabs
Liocarcinus vernalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758
Superfamilies
Section Podotremata Cyclodorippoidea Homolodromioidea Dromioidea Homoloidea Raninoidea Section Eubrachyura Subsection Heterotremata Calappoidea Leucosioidea Majoidea Hymenosomatoidea Parthenopoidea Retroplumoidea Cancroidea Portunoidea Bythograeoidea Goneplacoidea Xanthoidea Bellioidea Potamoidea Pseudothelphusoidea Gecarcinucoidea Cryptochiroidea Subsection Thoracotremata Pinnotheroidea Ocypodoidea Grapsoidea

Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (Greek: βραχύ/brachy = short, ουρά/οura = tail), or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax. Crabs have a soft body covered with a hard shell. They are generally covered with a thick exoskeleton, and armed with a single pair of chelae (claws). 6,793 species are known.^[1] Crabs are found in all of the world's oceans. Additionally, many crabs live in freshwater and on land, particularly in tropical regions. Crabs vary in size from the pea crab, a few millimetres wide, to the Japanese spider crab, with a leg span of up to 4 metres (13 ft).^[2]

Contents 1 Evolution and classification 2 Behaviour 3 Diet 4 Culinary use 5 Fishery 6 Cultural influences of the crab 7 Gallery 8 References 9 See also 10 External links

Evolution and classification

Anatomy of a fiddler crab

The infraorder Brachyura contains about 93 families^[3], as many as the remainder of the Decapoda.^[4] The evolution of crabs is characterized by an increasingly robust body, and a reduction in the abdomen. Although many other groups have undergone similar processes, carcinisation is most advanced in crabs. The telson is no longer functional in crabs, and the uropods are absent, having probably evolved into small devices for holding the reduced abdomen tight against the sternum. Crabs are known to work together to provide food and protection for their family, and during mating season to find a comfortable spot for the female to release her eggs. ^[5]

In most decapods, the gonopores (sexual openings) are found on the legs. However, since crabs use the first two pairs of pleopods (abdominal appendages) for sperm transfer, this arrangement has changed. As the male abdomen evolved into a narrower shape, the gonopores have moved towards the midline, away from the legs, and onto the sternum.^[6] A similar change occurred, independently, with the female gonopores. The movement of the female gonopore to the sternum defines the clade Eubrachyura, and the later change in the position of the male gonopore defines the Thoracotremata. It is still a subject of debate whether those crabs where the female, but not male, gonopores are situated on the sternum. monophyletic group.^[4]

The earliest unambiguous crab fossils date from the Jurassic, although Carboniferous imocaris, known only from its carapace may be a primitive crab.^[7] The radiation of crabs in the Cretaceous and afterward may be linked either to the break-up of Gondwana or to the concurrent radiation of bony fish, crabs' main predators.^[8]

About 850 species^[9] of crab are freshwater or (semi-)terrestrial species; they are found throughout the world's tropical and semi-tropical regions. They were previously thought to be a closely related group, but are now believed to represent at least two distinct lineages, one in the Old World and one in the New World.^[10]

Behaviour

Crabs are mostly active animals with complex behaviour patterns. They can communicate by drumming or waving their pincers. Crabs tend to be aggressive towards one another and males often fight to gain access to females. ^[11] On rocky seashores, where nearly all caves and crevices are occupied, crabs may also fight over hiding holes.^[12]

Diet

Crabs are omnivores, feeding primarily on algae ^[13], and taking any other food, including molluscs, worms, other crustaceans, fungi, bacteria and detritus, depending on their availability and the crab species. For many crabs, a mixed diet of plant and animal matter results in the fastest growth and greatest fitness ^[14][15].

Culinary use

Further information: Category:Crab dishes

Crab Masala from Karnataka, India

Crabs are prepared and eaten as a dish in several different ways all over the world. Some species are eaten whole, including the shell, such as soft-shell crab; with other species just the claws and/or legs are eaten. The latter is particularly common for larger crabs, such as the snow crab.

In some regions spices improve the culinary experience. In Asia, Masala Crab and Chilli crab are examples of heavily spiced dishes. In Maryland, blue crab is often eaten with Old Bay Seasoning.

For the British dish Cromer crab, the meat is extracted and placed inside the hard shell. One American way to prepare crab meat is by extracting it and adding a flour mix, creating a crab cake.

Crabs are also used in bisque, a global dish of French origin.

Live crabs are often boiled. Norwegian scientists addressed this ethical issue by stating that crabs don't feel pain.^[16] However, later research suggests that crustaceans are indeed able to feel and remember pain, although the latter point is not an issue in cooking.^[17]

Fishery

Main article: Crab fisheries

Fishermen sorting edible crabs at Fionnphort, Scotlandalt=Photo of crabs in large, open metal box surrounded by fishermen

Crabs make up 20% of all marine crustaceans caught, farmed, and consumed worldwide, amounting to 1½ million tonnes annually. One species accounts for one fifth of that total: Portunus trituberculatus. Other commercially important taxa include Portunus pelagicus, several species in the genus Chionoecetes, the Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), Charybdis spp., Cancer pagurus, the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) and Scylla serrata, each of which yields more than 20,000 tonnes annually ^[18].

Cultural influences of the crab

Moche vessel representing a crab

The Moche people of ancient Peru worshipped nature, especially the sea.^[19] They often depicted crabs in their art.^[20]

The Cancer Constellation is one of the 12 Zodiac signs.

Western cultures have been influenced by the crab towards the game Crab soccer, where players rest and move on an inverted all-fours pose. Unlike crabs, however, they do not move sideways.

John Bevis first observed the Crab nebula and its resemblance to the earthly creature in 1731. The Crab pulsar lies at the nebula's center.

Gallery

Masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus	Liocarcinus vernalis	Circular crab, Atelecyclus rotundatus	The terrestrial halloween crab, Geocarcinus quadratus
Arrow crab Stenorhynchus seticornis	"Sally Lightfoot", Grapsus grapsus	Thumbnail crab, Thia scutellata	Japanese spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi
Ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata	Fiddler crab, Uca pugnax	Lyreidus tridentatus, a raninid	Hepatus epheliticus, a calico crab

References

1. ^ Walters, Martin & Johnson, Jinny. The World of Animals. Bath, Somerset: Parragon, 2007.
2. ^ "Biggest, Smallest, Fastest, Deepest: Marine Animal Records". OceanLink. http://oceanlink.island.net/records.html. Retrieved 2006-09-22. 
3. ^ P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Martin, J. W. & G. E. Davis (2001) (PDF). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 132 pp.. http://www.nhm.org/research/publications/CrustaceaClassification.pdf. 
5. ^ Guinot, D & J.–M. Bouchard (1998). "Evolution of the abdominal holding systems of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)" (PDF). Zoosystema 20 (4): 613–694. http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z98n4a4.html. 
6. ^ De Saint Laurent, M. (1980). "Sur la classification et la phylogénie des Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures. II. Heterotremata et Thoracotremata Guinto, 1977". C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris t. 290: 1317–1320. 
7. ^ "Imocaris tuberculata, n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the upper Mississippian Imo Formation, Arkansas". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 20 (11): 165–168. 1984. 
8. ^ Wägele, J. W. (1989). "On the influence of fishes on the evolution of benthic crustaceans". J. Zool. Syst. Evolut.-forsch. 27: 297–309. 
9. ^ Sternberg, R. von & N. Cumberlidge (2001). "On the heterotreme-thoracotreme distinction in the Eubrachyura De Saint Laurent, 1980 (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Crustaceana 74: 321–338. doi:10.1163/156854001300104417. 
10. ^ Sternberg, R. von, N. Cumberlidge & G. Rodriguez (1999). "On the marine sister groups of the freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)". J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 37: 19–38. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0469.1999.95092.x. 
11. ^ "Crab (animal)," Encarta Encyclopedia. 2005 ed.
12. ^ The Miles Kelly Book of Life. Great Bardfield, Essex: Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd., 2006.
13. ^ Woods, C. M. C. (1993). "Natural diet of the crab Notomithrax ursus (Brachyura, Majidae) at Oaro, South Island, New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 27: 309=315. http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjmfr/1993/29.php. 
14. ^ Kennish, R. (1996). "Diet composition influeces the fitness of the herbivorous crab Grapsus albolineatus". Oecologia 105 (1): 22–29. doi:10.1007/BF00328787. http://www.springerlink.com/content/l7m3368427059312/. 
15. ^ Buck, T. L., G. A. Breed, S. C. Pennings, M. E. Chase, M. Zimmer & T. H. Carefoot (2003). "Diet choice in an omnivorous salt-marsh crab: different food types, body size, and habitat complexity". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 292 (1): 103–116. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00146-1. http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14847986. 
16. ^ Scientists say lobsters feel no pain
17. ^ Crabs 'feel and remember pain' suggests new study
18. ^ "Global Capture Production 1950-2004". FAO. http://www.fao.org/figis/servlet/TabLandArea?tb_ds=Capture&tb_mode=TABLE&tb_act=SELECT&tb_grp=COUNTRY. Retrieved 2006-08-26. 
19. ^ Benson, Elizabeth, The Mochica: A Culture of Peru. New York, NY: Praeger Press. 1972
20. ^ Berrin, Katherine & Larco Museum. The Spirit of Ancient Peru:Treasures from the Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997.

See also

Crab meat Cancer (astrology) Cancer (constellation) Hermit crab Hippoidea

King crab Mangrove crab Porcelain crab

External links

• Media related to Brachyura at Wikimedia Commons
• Information related to Brachyura from Wikispecies.

Cambodian Crab Species

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - krabbe, krabbekød, fladlus, kran
v. intr. - krabbe, drive sidelæns
v. tr. - styre fly på ret kurs trods sidevind

idioms:

• crab apple    vildæble
• crab louse    fladlus

2.
n. - gnavpotte, smålig kritik
v. intr. - kritisere, brokke sig
v. tr. - kritisere, brokke sig over, ødelægge, forpurre

Nederlands (Dutch)
krab, De Kreeft, (mv) platluis, kraan, chagrijn, mopperen, verpesten, verlijeren, krabben vangen, vliegtuig in zijwind sturen om afdrijven te voorkomen

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Zool, Culin) crabe, (Astrol) cancer, (Astron) le crabe, (Ind) chariot (de pont roulant)
v. intr. - pêcher des crabes, (Naut) progresser en crabe
v. tr. - (Aviat) faire voler (qch) en crabe, marcher/se déplacer en diagonale

idioms:

• crab louse    morpion

2.
n. - (Bot) pomme sauvage

idioms:

• crab apple    pommier sauvage, pomme sauvage

3.
n. - grincheux
v. intr. - être critique (fam), trouver à redire
v. tr. - (US) gâcher, trouver à redire contre, rendre de mauvaise humeur

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Krabbe, Krebs, Filzlaus
v. - Krabben fangen, krabben

idioms:

• crab apple    Holzapfel
• crab louse    (zo.) Filzlaus

2.
n. - Griesgram, (abwert) Nörgler
v. - nörgeln, (ugs) über etw. meckern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ.) καρκίνος (κν. καβούρι), (μηχαν.) μαγκάνι, βαρούλκο, (αστρον.) ο αστερισμός του Καρκίνου, (καθομ.) ψείρα ή μουνόψειρα, (φυτολ.) αγριόμηλο, ξινόμηλο, δύστροπος, τζαναμπέτης
v. - γκρινιάζω, στραπατσάρω

idioms:

• crab apple    αγριόμηλο
• crab louse    φθείρα του εφηβαίου (κν. μουνόψειρα)

Italiano (Italian)
granchio, cancro, brontolone

idioms:

• crab apple    melo/a selvatico/a
• crab louse    piattola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - caranguejo (m) (Zool.), guindaste (m) (Mec.), pessoa rabugenta (f) (coloq.)
v. - resmungar (coloq.)

idioms:

• crab apple    maçã (f) ácida, pessoa (f) rabugenta (coloq.)
• crab louse    piolho (m) da virilha (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
краб, брюзга, Рак (астрология)

idioms:

• crab apple    дикое яблоко
• crab louse    лобковая вошь

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - gruñón
v. intr. - dar gruñidos, hacer críticas
v. tr. - gruñir, criticar

idioms:

• crab apple    manzana silvestre
• crab louse    ladilla

2.
n. - cangrejo
v. intr. - pescar cangrejos
v. tr. - pescar cangrejos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - krabba, kräftdjur, kräftögon (bot.), Kräftan (astrol.), kran, flatlus, vildapel, vildäpple, surkart, kvirr
v. - klösa (om falk), fånga krabbor, röra sig i sidled, kana (flyg.), förbittra, fördärva, sabla ned, kvirra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 螃蟹, 捉蟹, 捕蟹, 使作航向偏流修正

idioms:

• crab apple    山楂子
• crab louse    毛虱, 阴虱

2. 脾气乖戾的人, 抱怨, 发牢骚, 吹毛求疵, 批评

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 脾氣乖戾的人
v. intr. - 抱怨, 發牢騷
v. tr. - 吹毛求疵, 抱怨, 批評

2.
n. - 螃蟹
v. intr. - 捉蟹, 捕蟹
v. tr. - 使作航向偏流修正

idioms:

• crab apple    山楂子
• crab louse    毛虱, 陰虱

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 게, 실책
v. intr. - 게를 잡다, 게걸음 치다
v. tr. - 게를 잡다, 게걸음 치다

2.
n. - 능금, 짓궂은 사람, 매독
v. intr. - 발톱으로 할퀴다, 헐뜯다, 손을 떼다
v. tr. - 발톱으로 할퀴다, 헐뜯다, 손을 떼다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - カニ, カニの肉, かに座, 蟹
v. - ぶつぶつ不平を言う, …にけちを付ける, 酷評する, だめにする, しりごみする

idioms:

• crab apple    野生リンゴ
• crab louse    ケジラミ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سرطان البحر, برج السرطان, شخص يتشكى كثيرا (فعل) يتشكى, يصطاد سرطان البحر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדם חמוץ, תפוח חמוץ‬
v. intr. - ‮התאונן, מירר, רטן‬
v. tr. - ‮התאונן, מירר, הכשיל, הטיל דופי‬
n. - ‮סרטן, מנוף למטענים כבדים‬
v. intr. - ‮צד סרטנים‬
v. tr. - ‮צד סרטנים‬

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