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A crab is a type of crustacean.

Crab or crabs may also refer to:

Science and technology

• Crab (unit), photometrical unit of X-ray astronomy
• Crab (cipher), an encryption algorithm based on MD5
• CRAB, an abbreviation for the symptoms of multiple myeloma
• "Crabs", a colloquial term for Pediculosis pubis

Arts, entertainment and media

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 (sculpture), an outdoor 1962 painted steel sculpture by Alexander Calder
• The Crab (1917 film), an American silent drama film
• The Crab (2023 film), an Iranian comedy film
• Crab, a character from the animated children's television series WordWorld

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
• Crab, an athletic move akin to the float in breakdancing

Other uses

• Crab landing, a landing maneuver
• Crab, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• 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
• Crab Nebula

See also

• All pages with titles containing Crab
• Krab (disambiguation)
• Cancer (disambiguation)
• Crab Island (disambiguation)
• Crabb, surname