GIANT CRAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant crab mean? 

• GIANT CRAB (noun)
  The noun GIANT CRAB has 1 sense:

1. very large deep-water Japanese crab

  Familiarity information: GIANT CRAB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIANT CRAB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very large deep-water Japanese crab

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

giant crab; Macrocheira kaempferi

Hypernyms ("giant crab" is a kind of...):

spider crab (any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies)

Holonyms ("giant crab" is a member of...):

genus Macrocheira; Macrocheira (giant crabs of Japan)