kabourophobia

noun

1. The fear of crabs or lobsters.

   uncountable

   And that, I think, is where the kabourophobia came from: not just from the horrible sight on the beach, or from the pinching fingers of my little friends, but from both of these things, combined with the scolding I’d gotten for screaming so much.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek κάβουρος (kábouros, “crab”) + -phobia.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry kabourophobia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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