\Crab"eat`er\ (kr[a^]b"[=e]t`[~e]r), n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The cobia.
(b) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States
    ({Hadropterus nigrofasciatus}).
(c) A small European heron ({Ardea minuta}, and other allied
    species).