king crab

(noun) meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat. Synonyms: Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska crab.

(noun) a large spider crab of Europe. Synonyms: European spider crab, Maja squinado.

(noun) large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan. Synonyms: Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica.

(noun) 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. Synonyms: horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus.