Crabs vs. Scorpion — What's the Difference?

The maneuvering of an aircraft partially into a crosswind to compensate for drift.

Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always ending with a stinger.

Any of various chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, having a hard carapace that covers a broad flattened cephalothorax with a small abdomen tucked beneath it, and an anterior pair of legs that are large and pincerlike.

A terrestrial arachnid with pincers similar to those of a lobster and a poisonous sting at the end of its jointed tail, which it can hold curved over its back. Most kinds live in tropical and subtropical areas.

Any of various similar decapod crustaceans, such as a hermit crab or a king crab.

Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, chiefly of warm dry regions, having large claws and a segmented tail that curves over the back and is tipped with a venomous sting.

Crabmeat.

Scorpion See Scorpius.

A crab louse.

Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.

Crabs(Slang) Infestation by crab lice.

(historical) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.

A machine for handling or hoisting heavy weights.

(figurative) A very spiteful or vindictive person.

A crabapple tree or its fruit.

A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.

A quarrelsome, ill-tempered person.

A whip with points like a scorpion's tail.

See Cancer.

Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.

To hunt or catch crabs.

The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).

To scurry sideways in the manner of a crab.

The scorpene.

To drift diagonally or sideways, especially when under tow.

A painful scourge.

To direct an aircraft into a crosswind.

A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.

To direct (an aircraft) partly into a crosswind to eliminate drift.

An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.

To cause to move or scurry sideways.

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio

To find fault; criticize someone or something.

The eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21

(Informal) To interfere with and ruin; spoil.

Arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous sting

(Informal) To find fault with; complain about.

To make ill-tempered or sullen.

Plural of crab

(slang) pubic lice

Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice