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KING CRAB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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; king crab; Limulus polyphemus; Xiphosurus polyphemus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("king crab" is a kind of...):
arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)
Holonyms ("king crab" is a member of...):
genus Limulus; Limulus (type genus of the family Limulidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
Synonyms:
Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab; Paralithodes camtschatica
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("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 "king crab"):
Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab (meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat)
Holonyms ("king crab" is a member of...):
genus Paralithodes; Paralithodes (a genus of Lithodidae)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A large spider crab of Europe
Synonyms:
European spider crab; king crab; Maja squinado
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("king crab" is a kind of...):
spider crab (any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies)
Holonyms ("king crab" is a member of...):
genus Maia; genus Maja; Maia; Maja (type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
Synonyms:
Alaska crab; Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; king crab
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("king crab" is a kind of...):
crab; crabmeat (the edible flesh of any of various crabs)
Holonyms ("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)
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