noun
- Meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat.
- synonyms: Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska crab
- A large spider crab of Europe.
- synonyms: European spider crab, Maja squinado
- Large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan.
- 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
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