king crab

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king crab Definition

• (n) meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
• (n) large European spider crab
• (n) large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
• (n) 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

king crab Synonyms

• Alaska crab
• Alaska king crab
• Alaskan king crab
• European spider crab
• horseshoe crab
• king crab
• Limulus polyphemus
• Maja squinado
• Paralithodes camtschatica
• Xiphosurus polyphemus