Definition of "crablike" [crablike]

• Having some characteristics of a crab (adjective)
• Walking or moving sideways (adjective)

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• "I tottered down the aisle sideways, crablike, trying not to bump the bags against the seats."
• "I took an enormous step backward, too fast, and I stumbled, my hands crablike behind me, gripping tufts of spring grass."
• "A created race, crablike, used in Cliff's evolutionary intelligence experiments."