sand crab

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noun

any of several crabs that live on sandy beaches, as the ghost crab or mole crab.

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Origin of sand crab

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby sand crab

sand-cast, sandcastle, sand chair, sand cherry, sand colic, sand crab, sand crack, sand cricket, sandculture, sand dab, sand dollar

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How to use sand crab in a sentence

There is only sand, a white ball, and a flag indicating the hole.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When the game starts, there is only sand, a white ball, a flag indicating hole 1, and a “0” at the top of the screen.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Someone called him a hermit crab lurking in the halls of the United Nations.
The Man Who Invented the Word ‘Genocide’|Nina Strochlic|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And there, the sand castle builder and tag player who loved her aunt more than science would be buried.
11 Children Shot in Milwaukee, One in Her Grandpa's Lap|Michael Daly|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Mr. Wynd said the shrinking process includes filling the head with hot sand and boiling it with herbs.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum|Liza Foreman|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
You speak with about as little reflection as we might expect from one of those children down there playing in the sand.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Edna looked at her feet, and noticed the sand and slime between her brown toes.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The little faces shone like polished bronze; they held their hands out, their bare feet pattered in the sand.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Though built upon the sand, they still endured, and would continue to endure.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for sand crab

sand crab

noun

Australian another name for blue swimmer

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