King-crab
11king crab — noun 1》 another term for horseshoe crab. 2》 N. Amer. an edible crab of the North Pacific, resembling a spider crab. [Genus Paralithodes.] …
12king-crab — n. 1. Horse shoe, horse foot, horse shoe crab, limulus (Limulus polyphemus). 2. Thornback crab (Maia squinado) …
13king crab — noun Date: 1698 1. horseshoe crab 2. any of several very large crabs; especially one (Paralithoides camtschaticus) of the North Pacific caught commercially for food …
14king crab — n. extremely large edible crab …
15Alaskan king crab — King King, n. [AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kuning, D. koning, OHG. kuning, G. k[ o]nig, Icel. konungr, Sw. konung, Dan. konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of E. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of noble birth. [root]44. See {Kin} …
16king-crab — …
17Alaskan king crab fishing — is carried out during the winter months in the waters off the coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The commercial harvest is performed during a very short season, and the catch is shipped worldwide. Large numbers of king crab are also caught …
18Alaskan king crab — noun 1. meat of large cold water crab; mainly leg meat • Syn: ↑Alaska king crab, ↑king crab, ↑Alaska crab • Hypernyms: ↑crab, ↑crabmeat • Part Holonyms: ↑king crab …
19Alaska king crab — noun 1. meat of large cold water crab; mainly leg meat • Syn: ↑Alaskan king crab, ↑king crab, ↑Alaska crab • Hypernyms: ↑crab, ↑crabmeat • Part Holonyms: ↑king crab …
20Puget Sound king crab — Taxobox name = Puget Sound King crab regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda infraordo = Anomura familia = Lithodidae genus = Lopholithodes species = L. mandtii binomial = Lopholithodes… …
