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Dungeness crab

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Dun·ge·ness crab  (dnj-ns, -ns)
n.
An edible crab (Cancer magister) common along the Pacific coast from Alaska to northern California.

[After Dungeness, a town of northwest Washington.]
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Noun1.Dungeness crab - flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab)
Cancer magister, Dungeness crab - small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
crabmeat, crab - the edible flesh of any of various crabs
2.Dungeness crabDungeness crab - small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
genus Cancer, Cancer - type genus of the family Cancridae
Dungeness crab - flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab)


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