| king crab n. 1. A large crab (Paralithodes camtschatica) inhabiting the coastal waters of Alaska, Japan, and Siberia and valued commercially for its edible flesh. Also called Alaskan king crab. 2. See horseshoe crab. |
king crab
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the horseshoe crab
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| Noun | 1. |  king crab - meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meatParalithodes camtschatica, Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab - large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan |
| 2. |  king crab - a large spider crab of Europe spider crab - any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies | |
| 3. |  king crab - large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japancrab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers genus Paralithodes, Paralithodes - a genus of Lithodidae Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab - meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat | |
| 4. |  king crab - 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 lousearthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin genus Limulus, Limulus - type genus of the family Limulidae |
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