crabstone

crabstone

English

Etymology

From crab +‎ stone.

Noun

crabstone (plural crabstones)

1. A calcareous concretion found in the stomach of crabs and other crustaceans.
   • 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, IV.8, Dedalus 2016, p. 303:

     [F]rom cadmium, gravel, crab-stones [translating Krebsaugen], emery and talc I prepared a powder for whitening teeth, and from lye, copper, sal ammoniac and camphor a blue tincture for scurvy, stomatitis, toothache and sore eyes.

Anagrams

• stone crab