Definitions for king crab

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

king′ crab′(n.)

  1. Category: Invertebrates

    Ref: horseshoe crab.

  2. a large, edible spider crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, of N Pacific waters.

    Category: Invertebrates

Origin of king crab:

1690–1700

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab(noun)

    meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat

  2. European spider crab, king crab, Maja squinado(noun)

    a large spider crab of Europe

  3. king crab, Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica(noun)

    large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan

  4. horseshoe crab, king crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus(noun)

    large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse

Wiktionary

  1. king crab(Noun)

    a highly prized crab-like crustacean

  2. king crab(Noun)

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