Crabeater \Crab"eat`er\ (kr[a^]b"[=e]t`[~e]r), n. (Zool.) (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). [1913 Webster]