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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 meat
2. large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
Familiarity information: ALASKA KING CRAB used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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