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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