| king crab (def. 2). |
| 1. | horseshoe crab. |
| 2. | Also called Alaskan king crab, Alaska crab. a large, edible crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, of cold North Pacific waters, esp. abundant along the coasts of Alaska and Japan. |
| alaska crab | |
noun | |
| 1. | meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat [syn: Alaska king crab] |
| 2. | large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan [syn: king crab] |