Crab (disambiguation)

A crab is a water-dwelling creature. A related common meaning is crab meat.

Crab or crabs may also refer to:

Other animals

 * Anomura, an infraorder containing hermit crabs, king crabs, and other animals, a sister group to the true crabs
 * Horseshoe crab, a chelicerate that lays its eggs on beaches and is utilized by the biomedical industry

Mythology

 * Cancer (astrology), a sign in the zodiac
 * Cancer (Chinese astronomy)

Science

 * Cancer (constellation), a stellar constellation
 * Crab Nebula, the supernova remnant found in the constellation Taurus
 * Crab Pulsar, the central star in the Crab Nebula
 * Crab (unit), photometrical unit of X-ray astronomy
 * CRAB, an abbreviation for the symptoms of multiple myeloma
 * "Crabs", a colloquial term for Pediculosis pubis
 * Crab louse (Pthirus pubis), a type of parasitic louse

Technology

 * Crab (cipher), an encryption algorithm based on MD5
 * Crab landing, a method of landing a fixed-wing aircraft in a crosswind

Geography

 * Crab, Virginia, an unincorporated community
 * Crab Brook, a tributary of Stony Brook in central New Jersey
 * Crab Creek, in the U.S. state of Washington
 * Crab Creek (Little River), in North and South Carolina
 * Crab Run (Mahanoy Creek), Pennsylvania
 * Crab Run (West Virginia), a stream
 * Crab Island (disambiguation)
 * Crab Cay, Colombia, a small island in the Caribbean Sea

Music

 * Crab canon, a musical form
 * Crab Records, a defunct record label
 * Crab (scratch), a DJ technique
 * "Crab", a song from the album Weezer (Green Album) by Weezer

Other arts, entertainment and media

 * The Crab, an outdoor 1962 painted steel sculpture by Alexander Calder
 * Crab, a character from the animated children's television series WordWorld
 * Krabi (1976) aka The Crabs, a Czech animated short film

Sports

 * Crab (horse) (1722–1750), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
 * Basket Rimini Crabs, an Italian professional basketball team based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna
 * Crab (posture) used in gymnastics, breakdancing, yoga
 * Crab or catch a crab, a rowing error

Other uses

 * Sherman Crab, a British World War II mine-clearing tank
 * Panhard CRAB, a French armoured combat vehicle
 * Roger Crab (1621–1680), English soldier, haberdasher, herbal doctor and writer
 * An athletic move akin to the float in breakdancing