king crab

Noun king crab has 4 senses

• king crab(n = noun.food) alaska crab, alaska king crab, alaskan king crab - meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat;
is a part of alaska crab, alaska king crab, alaskan king crab, king crab, paralithodes camtschatica
is a kind of crab, crabmeat

• king crab(n = noun.animal) european spider crab, maja squinado - a large spider crab of Europe;
is a kind of spider crab
is a member of genus maia, genus maja, maia, maja

• king crab(n = noun.animal) alaska crab, alaska king crab, alaskan king crab, paralithodes camtschatica - large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan;
is a kind of crab
is a member of genus paralithodes, paralithodes
has parts: alaska crab, alaska king crab, alaskan king crab, king crab

• king crab(n = noun.animal) horseshoe crab, limulus polyphemus, xiphosurus polyphemus - 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;
is a kind of arthropod
is a member of genus limulus, limulus