king crab

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.

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king crab

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the horseshoe crab

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	king crab - meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab Paralithodes 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 crabmeat, crab - the edible flesh of any of various crabs
	2.	king crab - a large spider crab of Europe         European spider crab, Maja squinado spider crab - any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies genus Maia, genus Maja, Maia, Maja - type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
	3.	king crab - large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan Paralithodes camtschatica, Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab crab - 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 louse horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin genus Limulus, Limulus - type genus of the family Limulidae