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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRABEATER

CRABEATER Crab "eat `er (krb "t `r ), n. (Zoöl.)(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 ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

crabeater seal

crab eat er seal |ˈkrabˌētər ˈkræbitər sil | noun a slender, gray Antarctic seal that lives on the pack ice, feeding mainly on krill. [Lobodon carcinophagus, family Phocidae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

crabeater seal

crab |eater seal |ˈkrabiːtə | noun a slender grey Antarctic seal which lives on the pack ice, feeding mainly on krill. Lobodon carcinophagus, family Phocidae.