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English noun: king crab

1. king crab (food) meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat


SynonymsAlaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab


Broader (hypernym)crab, crabmeat


Part meronymAlaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica

2. king crab (animal) a large spider crab of Europe


SynonymsEuropean spider crab, Maja squinado


Broader (hypernym)spider crab


Member meronymgenus Maia, genus Maja, Maia, Maja

3. king crab (animal) large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan


SynonymsAlaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica


Broader (hypernym)crab


Part holonymAlaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab


Member meronymgenus Paralithodes, Paralithodes

4. king crab (animal) 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


Synonymshorseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus


Broader (hypernym)arthropod


Member meronymgenus Limulus, Limulus









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