crab's stones

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Crab's eyes, Crab's stones

masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths.

From the entry Crab.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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