Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yeti crab

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: yeti crab
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Kiwa of anomurans that live around deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, and have hairy and bristly appearances, reminiscent of yetis.

Inflected Forms

yeti crabs (plural)

Synonyms

yeti lobster

Questions

What does yeti crab mean?: Any of the genus Kiwa of anomurans that live around deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, and have hairy and bristly appearances, reminiscent of yetis.

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