king crab

noun

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

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Origin:
1690–1700

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king crab

—n
	another name for the horseshoe crab

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