king crab


noun
  1. Also called Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab . a large, edible crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, of cold waters of the North Pacific Ocean, especially abundant along the coasts of Alaska and Japan.

Origin of king crab

1
First recorded in 1690–1700

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British Dictionary definitions for king crab

king crab

noun
  1. another name for the horseshoe crab

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