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ALASKA KING CRAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alaska king crab mean? 

ALASKA KING CRAB (noun)
  The noun ALASKA KING CRAB has 2 senses:

1. meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meatplay

2. large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japanplay

  Familiarity information: ALASKA KING CRAB used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALASKA KING CRAB (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab

Hypernyms ("Alaska king crab" is a kind of...):

crab; crabmeat (the edible flesh of any of various crabs)

Holonyms ("Alaska king crab" is a part of...):

Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab; Paralithodes camtschatica (large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab; Paralithodes camtschatica

Hypernyms ("Alaska king crab" is a kind of...):

crab (decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers)

Meronyms (parts of "Alaska king crab"):

Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab (meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat)

Holonyms ("Alaska king crab" is a member of...):

genus Paralithodes; Paralithodes (a genus of Lithodidae)


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