Etymology: < French crabier (raton crabier), < crabecrabn.1
Obsolete. rare.
The water-rat.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Arvicola > arvicola amphibius (water-vole)
water mousea1398
water rat1481
craber1655
water dog1765
water mole1770
vole1805
water vole1828
1655 I. WaltonCompl. Angler (ed. 2) 73 The Cormorant..and the Craber which some call the water-rat.
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