King crab Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
    Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; Alaska crab.
  2. noun a large spider crab of Europe
    European spider crab; Maja squinado.
  3. noun large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
    Alaska king crab; Paralithodes camtschatica; Alaskan king crab; Alaska crab.
  4. noun 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
    Limulus polyphemus; Xiphosurus polyphemus; horseshoe crab.

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Definitions
  1. . (Zoöl.) (a) The limulus or horseshoe crab . See Limulus. (b) The large European spider crab or thornback (Maia sguinado).

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