[f. CRAB sb.1 + -LET.] A small or young crab.

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1841.  J. T. Hewlett, Parish Clerk, I. 27. He would … venture to ensnare sundry little crablets that had wandered among the rocks.

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1883.  Cornh. Mag., Feb., 184. Startled crablets making spasmodic movements.

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