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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 crab - small edible crab of Pacific coast of North AmericaDungeness crab - small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
Cancer magister
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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Surveys of allozyme variation provided no evidence of genetically distinct local populations in Dungeness crabs (Soule & Tasto 1983), in accordance with expectations based upon widespread juvenile dispersal.
Population structure of Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) in British ... by Beacham, Terry D.; Supernault, Janine; Miller, Kristina M. / Journal of Shellfish Research
Once home, as long as they're kept well chilled (and out of melting ice, because they'll drown), Dungeness crabs will stay lively for many hours.
These cakes worth buying extra crab by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Visiting a Nob Hill supermarket in Monterey on a weekday morning, I saw more than 30 people, all looking 50+ and California fit, standing in a long line that started at the fish counter where a large sign announced that first-of-the-season Dungeness crabs were on sale for $2.
California culture exports by Doyle, Mona / The Shopper Report
 
 
 
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