ALASKAN KING CRAB

Pronunciation (US):

• ALASKAN KING CRAB (noun)
  The noun ALASKAN 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: ALASKAN KING CRAB used as a noun is rare.

• ALASKAN KING CRAB (noun)

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 ("Alaskan king crab" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Alaskan 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)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("Alaskan 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 "Alaskan king crab"):

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

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

genus Paralithodes; Paralithodes (a genus of Lithodidae)