It appears as a flattened, irregular, or spreading growth within the substance of the skin, is hard to the touch, and is especially characterized by divergent branches or roots, resembling the claws of a crab; hence the name.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
In this last case as much as in that of specific difference, we ought to find divergent form the embodiment and organic expression of divergent opinion.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
The task of reconciling such divergent elements, even against a common foe, seemed an impossibility, until at last the Radicals under Brisson swung into line.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright